The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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... King's not befitting ! For such courses , when followed by persons of quality , Are apt to detract on the score of morality . François Xavier Auguste acted much like the rest of them , Dress'd , drank , and fought , and chassée'd with ...
... King's not befitting ! For such courses , when followed by persons of quality , Are apt to detract on the score of morality . François Xavier Auguste acted much like the rest of them , Dress'd , drank , and fought , and chassée'd with ...
Page 17
... King been his brother ; He fought sometimes with one , and sometimes with another ; For war , so exciting , He took such delight in , He did not care whom he fought , so he was fighting . And , as I've just said , had amused himself ...
... King been his brother ; He fought sometimes with one , and sometimes with another ; For war , so exciting , He took such delight in , He did not care whom he fought , so he was fighting . And , as I've just said , had amused himself ...
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... King and his suite , Standing just at his feet , And his hands , as Dame Quickly says , fumbling the sheet ; While , close at his ear , with the air of a scorner , " Busy , meddling , " Old Nick's grinning up in the corner . But ...
... King and his suite , Standing just at his feet , And his hands , as Dame Quickly says , fumbling the sheet ; While , close at his ear , with the air of a scorner , " Busy , meddling , " Old Nick's grinning up in the corner . But ...
Page 77
... Kings of both the Indies " have been in vain consulted for the purpose of fixing their precise date , and even Mr. Simpkinson's research has failed to de- termine which of the royal stock rejoicing in the name of Ferdinand is the hero ...
... Kings of both the Indies " have been in vain consulted for the purpose of fixing their precise date , and even Mr. Simpkinson's research has failed to de- termine which of the royal stock rejoicing in the name of Ferdinand is the hero ...
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... King Ferdinand paces the royal saloon ; From morn till eve He does nothing but grieve ; Sighings and sobbings his midriff heave , And he wipes his eyes with his ermined sleeve , And he presses his feverish hand to his brow , And he ...
... King Ferdinand paces the royal saloon ; From morn till eve He does nothing but grieve ; Sighings and sobbings his midriff heave , And he wipes his eyes with his ermined sleeve , And he presses his feverish hand to his brow , And he ...
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