Their insolent triumph excited the popular indignation.

Their predictions strengthened the popular suspicions.

From the Prince and Princess of Denmark down to porters and laundresses nobody alluded to the promised birth without a sneer.

The wits of London described the new miracle in rhymes which, it may well be supposed, were not the most delicate.

The rough country squires roared with laughter if they met with any person simple enough to believe that the Queen was really likely to be again a mother.