Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 69
powerful neighbor that he made much of Birbal, vanity, was far greater than his father had been, whose mission prospered wondrously and greatly yet might not Birbal say so plainly without be- to the advantage of Akbar. littling the father to the son, which were an ill But when the rajah, laden with… … THE OLD SOLDlIiK LED THE SUBDUED BEAST INTO THE CITY. peace; yet his father was greater, in that he hada son who is greater than himself, which mylord hath not. Long laughed the king with pleasure of thedeftly turned speech and graceful compliment,and asked Birbal a yet harder question,…
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