Others, not to be called diabolical, as Herr Dr.
Busching, for example, speak of it as a thing credible; as good as known to the well-informed.

And, beyond the least question, there did a thrice-abominable rumor of that kind run, whispering audibly, over all the world; and gain belief from those who had appetite.

A most melancholy business.

Solacing to human envy;--explaining also, to the dark human intellect, why this King had commonly no Women at his Court.
A most melancholy portion of my raw-material, this; concerning which, since one must speak of it, here is what little I have to say:-- 1.

That proof of the NEGATIVE, in this or in any such case, is by the nature of it impossible.