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King and Faby King.
Jie discovered so much wickedness and. dissi¬
mulation, that he could no longer place con-
iidence in any man, The more redoubted
ind powerful he grew, the less he was be-
oved; and he found, that even they to whom
aehad been most bountiful, had no gratitude
iOr affection toward him.
r In this disconsolate condition, he resolved
0 search through the wide world, till he
'bund a woman complete in beauty snd all
pood qualities, willing to be his wife; one who
vould love him, and study to make him
lappy. Long did he search in vain; and as'
le saw all without being seen, he discovered
ihe hidden wiles and failings of the sex. He
risked all the courts, where he found the
adies insincere, fond of admirers, and so en-
imoured with their own persons, that their
tearts veere not capable of entertaining any
rue love for a husband. He went likewise
nto all the private families; he found one
was of an inconstant, volatile disposition; an¬
other was cunning and artful; a third haugh-
:y; a fourth capricious; almost all faithless,
1 vain, and full of idolatry to their own
i :harms.
, Under these disappointments, he resolved
{i'o carry his inquiry through the lowest con¬
ditions of life. Whereupon, at last he found
he daughter of a poor labourer, fair as the
King and Faby King.
Jie discovered so much wickedness and. dissi¬
mulation, that he could no longer place con-
iidence in any man, The more redoubted
ind powerful he grew, the less he was be-
oved; and he found, that even they to whom
aehad been most bountiful, had no gratitude
iOr affection toward him.
r In this disconsolate condition, he resolved
0 search through the wide world, till he
'bund a woman complete in beauty snd all
pood qualities, willing to be his wife; one who
vould love him, and study to make him
lappy. Long did he search in vain; and as'
le saw all without being seen, he discovered
ihe hidden wiles and failings of the sex. He
risked all the courts, where he found the
adies insincere, fond of admirers, and so en-
imoured with their own persons, that their
tearts veere not capable of entertaining any
rue love for a husband. He went likewise
nto all the private families; he found one
was of an inconstant, volatile disposition; an¬
other was cunning and artful; a third haugh-
:y; a fourth capricious; almost all faithless,
1 vain, and full of idolatry to their own
i :harms.
, Under these disappointments, he resolved
{i'o carry his inquiry through the lowest con¬
ditions of life. Whereupon, at last he found
he daughter of a poor labourer, fair as the
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Adventures and adventurers > Narrative of the extraordinary adventures of four Russian sailors > (21) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/108491897 |
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| Description | Who were cast away on the desert island of East-Spitzbergen. To which is added, The story of the king and the fairy ring. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2843(8) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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