Sesame and Lilies [antikvár]

Sesame and Lilies. LECTURE I.—SESAME. of kings' treasuries. shall each have a cake of sesame,— and ten pound."—Lucían : The Fisherman. I BELIEVE, ladies and g-entlemen that my first duty this evening- is to ask your pardon for the ambiguity of title under which the subject of lecture has been announced, and for having endeavoured, as you may ultimately think, to obtain your audience under false pretences. For indeed I am not going- to talk of kings, known as regnant, nor of treasuries, understood to contain wealth ; but of quite another order of royalty, and material of riches, than those A usually acknowledged. And I had s. i-. ^