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Dockyard, wherever the scene of at- 

 traction led them. On one occasion 

 the Emperor Alexander went with the 

 Duchess of Oldenburgh, his sister, to 

 Haslar Hospital, unaccompanied by the 

 Regent or the King of Prussia; and as 

 some of the ladies of my company had 

 a particular desire to see him, we took 

 a boat and followed. From its not 

 being generally known that he was going, 

 the Hospital was not much crowded. 

 I met him in one of the walks of 

 that most efficient establishment, and, 

 taking off my hat and bowing, he 

 extended his right hand to me. I then 

 introduced my wife, mother, and sisters, 

 in French, when his Imperial Majesty was 

 graciously pleased to hold out his royal 

 hand to them also, which two of the 

 Dorsetshire primitives almost devoured 

 with kisses. His tall military figure, 

 and his real Calmuck features, lit up 



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