Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 523
to tell her so. All in vain I argued with her; she wascalm, but positive.So I asked a dozen lackeys, young andold,A professor and a peer,All of whom were standing near,And, believe me, every one of them adifferent story told. Then I summoned all my councilors. Icalled my cabinet,And—he paused to… … IT MUST HAVE SMASHED THE GLASS ! ■So;.. THE CLEVER PRINCESS. I t They have measured the momentum of theball;They have weighed me and my jacketAnd my royal tennis-racket,And they cannot ascertain the truth aboutit, after all. XVII. Some declare the ball deflected to the rightor to the left,And the…
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