[Gutenberg 21565] • The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder / A National Toy, With Fourteen Step Scenes; and Illustrations in Verse, With Eighteen other Cuts

Excerpt from The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder, a National Toy, With Fourteen Step Scenes: And Illustrations in Verse, With Eighteen Other Cuts

Was it manly, when widow'd, to spy at her actions; To listen. To eaves-droppers, whisp'ring detractions; And, like an old watchman, with faults to conceal, Get up a false Charge, as a proof of his zeal? If desertion was base, Oh base be his name.

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