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utallige Beviser paa den Interesse, der naeredes for gamle
Danmark og vor yndige Prindsesse. Jeg skal nævne et
Exempel. I sit Référât af et Mode i det geografiske Sel-
skab i London meddeler
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T im es
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Folgende
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v The Chairman
(S ir R od . M u rch ison ) s a id :
» On h is le ft he saw the
D an ish M in ister (loud cheers). The company had already
expressed their strong fe e lin g s o f attachment to D e n -
mark which had sen t to this country that charm ing and
accomplished P rin cess already beloved by the whole B r i
tish people (loud cheers). H a v in g h im se lf travelled over
various parts o f Scandinavia he m igh t be allowed to say,
there was no part o f that g loriou s region to which he
was more attached than D enm a rk and he had taken the
liberty on this occasion, having the D an ish M in iste r on
his le ft hand, to wear the cross which the K in g o f D e n
mark had con ferred upon him.«. Th e D a n ish M in ister,
M r . T orben de B i l l e , who was received with g r e a t
enthousiasm and who spoke E n g lish with as much ease
a n d propriety as i f it had been his own vernacular, sa id :
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thank You, S ir Roderick, M y lords and Gentlemen,
f o r the k ind manner in which You have alluded to
D enm a rk . I n eed scarcely assure You that the fe e li n g
You have displayed is f u l l y reciprocated by m y own
country ; indeed I doubt whether there be any country
that reciprocates such fe e li n g s to the exten t that D e n
mark does (loud cheers). N o t only do we adm ire the
vast wealth, grea tn ess and power o f the B r itish nation,
but we particularly adm ire the political system by which
you are enabled to do what no other nation ever accom
p lish ed
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un itin g monarchy on the one hand vith the
f r e e s t institutions on the other that the w orld has ever
seen (cheers).
B u t let me rem ind You that i f a g rea t
deal o f this is ow ing to the character o f the B ritish
nation, som ething is also ow ing to the geograph ical