Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 242
,and they commencedto ply him with ques-tions of all kinds. Theasking of conundrumswas a sort of trial ofwit to which sovereignswere much given atthis period of history. What thing is thatwhich flies the swift-est? asked one. Thought, repliedBertholde promptly. What is the gulf that is never filled… … I FIND, AS I SUSPECTED, ANSWERED THE DWARF, THAT SOVEREIGNS ARE HONORED MORETHAN THEY DESERVE. 230 BERTHOLDE. [Jan. I am in search of happiness, of which you havenot a particle. So how can you give me any ? How ! exclaimed the king. Am I nothappy on so elevated a throne ? Yes, you are, if the…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 242](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial241dodg-242-178.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial302dodg-64-46.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial252dodg-384-267.webp)
