Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 136
And now that I m forgotten and no longer fit to roam,I wish some kindly boy would found a poor Toy Soldiers Home. … By Amelia Wofford. The kings and queens of England, for a longtime, in common with many of their subjects,kept men whose business it was to amuse them.These men were the court fools, or jesters, andwere either half-witted persons called naturalfools, or really bright men with the gift of sing-ing…
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