 He used to marry a new wife every day, and chop off her head next morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs. 'Fetch up Nell Gwynn,' he says. They fetch her up. Next morning, 'Chop off her head!' And they chop it off....  The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night - Page 284edited by - 1894Full view - About this book
 | 1885 - 980 pages
...morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs. ' Fetch up Nell Gwynn,' he says. They fetch her up. Next morning, ' Chop off...answers the bell. Next morning, ' Chop off her head.' " What was the use to tell Jim these warn't real kings and dukes ? It wouldn't 'a' done no good; and... | |
 | Samuel Langhorne Clemens - 1884 - 496 pages
...morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs. ' Fetch up Nell Gwynn,' he says. They fetch her up. Next morning, ' Chop off her head ! ' And they chop it off. ' Fetch np Jane Shore,' he says ; and up she comes. Next morning ' Chop off her head ' — and they chop it... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1912 - 444 pages
...morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs. 'Fetch up Nell Gwynn,' he says. They fetch her up. Next morning, 'Chop off...it off. 'Fetch up Jane Shore,' he says; and up she conies. Next morning, 'Chop off her head' — and they chop it off. 'Ring up Fair Rosamun.' Fair Rosamun... | |
 | Victor A. Doyno, Victor Doyno - 1992 - 296 pages
...literature to confuse the Scherazade demand for stories with Henry VIII beheading his wives: {'Fetch) 'Ring up Fair Rosamun'. Fair Rosamun answers the bell. Next morning, 'Chop off her head' — and next thing you see is the Chief of police with it in (a basket) a rag. (Ole) And he made every one... | |
 | Arthur Asa Berger - 220 pages
...morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs. "Fetch up Nell Gwynn," he says. They fetch her up. Next morning, "Chop off her head." Huck continues on with his exposition on the lives of kings and Jim comments that just living with... | |
 | Everett Emerson - 2000 - 428 pages
...morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs. "Fetch up Nell Gwynn" he says. They fetch her up. Next morning, "Chop off...answers the bell. Next morning, "Chop off her head." As Brander Matthews marveled in his 1 885 review, the observations are so telling because Mark Twain's... | |
 | Susan Bivin Aller - 2001 - 116 pages
...morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs. 'Fetch up Nell Gwynn,' he says. They fetch her up. Next morning, 'Chop off her head!' And they chop it off. . . . And he made every one of them tell him a tale every night; and he kept that up till he had hogged... | |
 | Mark Twain - 2004 - 481 pages
...morning. And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs. 'Fetch up Nell Gwynn,' he says. They fetch her up. Next morning, 'Chop off...And he made every one of them tell him a tale every night;2 and he kept that up till he had hogged a thousand and one tales that way and then he put them... | |
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