The book L'aiglon; a Play in Six Acts was written by author Parker, Louis Napoleon, 1852-1944 Here you can read free online of L'aiglon; a Play in Six Acts book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is L'aiglon; a Play in Six Acts a good or bad book?
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Prokesch. Oh, hush ! The Duke. When from the glowing page of history I lift dazed eyes, a forehead splashed with glory. Closing my Plutarch, leap with thee, O Caesar, Upon a conquered land, with Alexander, With Hannibal, with thee, my Father — A Lackey. [Entering.] What Will your Highness please to wear to-night ? The Duke. [To Prokesch.] There ! [To the Lackey.] I'm not going out. [The Lackey disappears.] Prokesch. [Who has been turning over some books.] They let you read? [91] L ' A I G L O N... The Duke. Oh, anything. The days are past when Fanny, That I might learn, learnt history by heart. And, later, books were handed me in secret. Prokesch. The good Archduchess — ? The Duke. Every day a book. Locked safe all night I read it. I was drunk ! When it was finished, to conceal my crime, I tossed it on the tester's canopy. And there the heap grew, hidden in the darkness ; I slept beneath a dome of history. All day the heap lay quiet, but at night. When I was sleeping, it began to stir.
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