rhyme. He wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, but he definitely loved the ladies. The last couplet might refer to an incident where George attended a bare-knuckle boxing match which left one contestant dead. He ran away and hid himself, afraid of a potential scandal. So Georgie Porgie is really a coward, a cad and a glutton. Not the best moral for your children, perhaps. CLOZE FOR GEORGIE PORGY George Villiers was an _____________who wormed – or earned – his way into the court of King James I. George Villiers was likely a______________, who had an intense and fairly well-documented __________________ to the king. King James was extremely _______ of George, and gave him _____________and titles. While there is no sure, ___________ of a homosexual relationship between the two, King James’s affection was without doubt. Either way, George still loved the ladies and was rumored to be fond of seducing noblemen’s________________– sometimes without the _________of the ladies in question. This fact, together with well-known (and probably very necessary) ability to avoid______________, makes him a good fit for the nursery rhyme. As much as George Villiers may seem like the ______________candidate, my money is actually on Prince Regent George. He was ____________ fat, and
rhyme. He wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, but he definitely loved the ladies. The last couplet might refer to an incident where George attended a bare-knuckle boxing match which left one contestant dead. He ran away and hid himself, afraid of a potential scandal. So Georgie Porgie is really a coward, a cad and a glutton. Not the best moral for your children, perhaps. CLOZE FOR GEORGIE PORGY George Villiers was an _____________who wormed – or earned – his way into the court of King James I. George Villiers was likely a______________, who had an intense and fairly well-documented __________________ to the king. King James was extremely _______ of George, and gave him _____________and titles. While there is no sure, ___________ of a homosexual relationship between the two, King James’s affection was without doubt. Either way, George still loved the ladies and was rumored to be fond of seducing noblemen’s________________– sometimes without the _________of the ladies in question. This fact, together with well-known (and probably very necessary) ability to avoid______________, makes him a good fit for the nursery rhyme. As much as George Villiers may seem like the ______________candidate, my money is actually on Prince Regent George. He was ____________ fat, and
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