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of our British Princes, that in thus condescending to honour the remains of a subject, when found worthy of such a tribute paid to their fidelity, they ennoble and exalt themselves, and live in the hearts and the esteem of their country!
In a retired spot, unobserved by any, with feelings amounting to agony, De Brooke contemplated the pompous but sad scene of one so closely allied to him. "May his soul rest in peace!" exclaimed he. A concourse of people following, obscured his vision, and he withdrew to conceal himself from the possibility of observation, to pursue in the deepest privacy the train of his melancholy reflections.
