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A Bachelor Song and a Masquerade Intrigue
A long poem excerpt contrasts bachelor life with marriage, then recounts a Faubourg St Germain masquerade tale where a countess in disguise exposes her husband’s flirtation with a leading actress, followed by a tangential note on circumstantial evidence and other miscellany from a late 19th century newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adoyan
Cafe Anglais
Maname
Clonmell Assizes
Tipperary
Daniel O' Connell
Hershel
Hercules
Nichols
Edinburgh
Cygni
Bessel
Konigsberg
Mitchell
Boston
King
Captain King
Macomo
Macowie
Lees
Sean
Isis
Exeter Hall
Byzantium
Sweden
Egypt
Jacob
Marrages
Theodore Parker
Manven