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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 237

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carved over withfaces of men and beasts, andith twisted patterns of serpents.The city walls were built of hugesquare stones, and among thegroves towered pyramids, onwhich the people did service totheir gods. From every templetop came the roar of beatendrums, great drums of serpentskin. But, in the… … PRINCE RICARDO. 221 crying them on to besiege and break down theroyal palace. From the battlements of thepalace the kings guardsmen were firing arrowsand throwing spears. The mob shot arrowsback, some of them tipped with lighted straw,to burn the palace down. But, in the very centre of the square,…

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