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the gallery and sat on a stair, where there was a 

 little fresh air, and was very glad when all was over. 

 Years afterwards I was present in Westminster 

 Abbey at the coronation of our Queen, then a pretty 

 young girl of eighteen. Placed in the most trying 

 position at that early age, by her virtues, both 

 public and private, she has endeared herself to the 

 nation beyond what any sovereign ever did before. 

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I, who had so many occupations and duties at 

 home, soon tired of the idleness and formality of 

 visiting in the country. I made an exception, how- 

 ever, in favour of an occasional visit to Mr. Sotheby, 

 the poet, and his family in Epping Forest, of which, 

 if I mistake not, he was deputy-ranger ; at all 

 events, he had a pretty - cottage there where he 

 and his family received their friends with kind 

 hospitality. He spent part of the day in his study, 

 and afterwards I have seen him playing cricket 

 with his son and grandson, with as much vivacity 

 as any of them. The freshness of the air was quite 

 reviving to Somerville and me ; and our two little 

 girls played in the forest all the day. 



We also gladly went for several successive years 

 to visit Sir John Saunders Sebright at Beech- 

 wood Park, Hertfordshire. Dr. Wollaston gene- 

 rally travelled with us on these occasions, when 



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