My own fairy book : namely certain Chronicles of Pantouflia, as notably the adventures of Prigio, prince of that country, and of his son Ricardo, with an excerpt from the Annals of Scotland, as touching Ker of Fairnilee, his sojourn with the Queen of Faery (1903)
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Browne, Gordon, 1858-1932, ill, Scott, T., ill, Lemann, E. A., ill · New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 149
orders. They were allmet in the royal study, wherethe king made them a mostsplendid bow, and requestedthem to be seated. But theydeclined to sit in his sacred presence, andthe king observed that, in that case he muststand up. I have invited you here, gentlemen, hesaid, on a matter of merely private… … PRINCE RICARDO. 133 Your Majesty has only to command, saidHerr Schnipp. There have been monarchs, inneighbouring kingdoms, who would have cut offall our heads after we had done a bit of secretbusiness; but the merest word of your Majestyis law to your loving subjects. The other merchants murmured…
Fairy tales
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