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... " Why is your Majesty , being a young man , called a Queen ? " " Why does your Majesty wear a woman's hair ? " " All about your Majesty's wig ? " " Who painted these pictures , including your Majesty's face 14 A NECKLACE OF STORIES .
... " Why is your Majesty , being a young man , called a Queen ? " " Why does your Majesty wear a woman's hair ? " " All about your Majesty's wig ? " " Who painted these pictures , including your Majesty's face 14 A NECKLACE OF STORIES .
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Moncure Daniel Conway. " Who painted these pictures , including your Majesty's face ? " Why must we come and go blindfold ? " The man - queen having taken a note of each question , replied : - " Of the questions you have asked I will ...
Moncure Daniel Conway. " Who painted these pictures , including your Majesty's face ? " Why must we come and go blindfold ? " The man - queen having taken a note of each question , replied : - " Of the questions you have asked I will ...
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... pictures we ever saw , and instructed some of our youth in the arts of which you see the effects around you . She ... picture just above the golden crown , as that was above the throne . Then he bent his head low down , and for a few ...
... pictures we ever saw , and instructed some of our youth in the arts of which you see the effects around you . She ... picture just above the golden crown , as that was above the throne . Then he bent his head low down , and for a few ...
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... picture which struck the Europeans with a sense of having somewhere seen it a few moments before . This puzzled them , but it was explained as soon as the man - queen again spoke : when they turned to look at him they saw , with smiles ...
... picture which struck the Europeans with a sense of having somewhere seen it a few moments before . This puzzled them , but it was explained as soon as the man - queen again spoke : when they turned to look at him they saw , with smiles ...
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... picture of her daughter . None ever dreamed of marrying the beautiful Queen , for she was espoused to the invisible genius of the tribe . But as time passed by , the Queen grew aged , and in her feebleness she called to her aid two of ...
... picture of her daughter . None ever dreamed of marrying the beautiful Queen , for she was espoused to the invisible genius of the tribe . But as time passed by , the Queen grew aged , and in her feebleness she called to her aid two of ...
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