University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 214
t certainly is not fair thatthose bench-legged turnspits with feet like somuch leather should see the King marching homein his glory, while I, who go shod, as it were, invelvet, should hear only the sound through thescullery windows. It is not fair. It is no doubttrue that The cat may mew, and the… … Triumphs cannot last forever, even in a land oflegends. There comes a reckoning. When the procession was past and gone, as allprocessions pass and go, vanishing down theshores of forgetfulness; when barons, marquises,dukes, and dons were gone, with their pennantsand banners; when the last lancers…
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