They toss him in and lock the door,
Which only makes him bawl the more—
Excelsior!
Edinburgh Sketches and Miscellanies. By Eric.
(John Menzies and Company, Edinburgh, 1876).
The Dowager-Duchess at the Drawing Room.
(“A bleak, nipping south-easterly wind was blowing throughout yesterday, the glass having again fallen, but the usual rules as to the Court dress to be worn by all ladies who attended the Drawing Room were strictly enforced. Low-cut bodies, both at back and front, were de rigueur.”—Weekly Paper, February, 1880).
The Dowager-Duchess has been to the Palace,
And duly presented the Honourable Alice;