Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: a Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of EnglandJ. Russell Smith, 1849 - 276 pages |
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... children could be persuaded how much is lost by rejecting the venerable relics of nursery traditional literature , and substituting in their place the present cold , unimaginative , -I had almost said , unnatural , — prosaic good - boy ...
... children could be persuaded how much is lost by rejecting the venerable relics of nursery traditional literature , and substituting in their place the present cold , unimaginative , -I had almost said , unnatural , — prosaic good - boy ...
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... nursery - rhymes are chanted to this day by the children of Germany , Denmark , and Sweden , a fact strikingly exhibiting their great antiquity and remote origin . The subject , however curious and interesting , is far 1 NURSERY ...
... nursery - rhymes are chanted to this day by the children of Germany , Denmark , and Sweden , a fact strikingly exhibiting their great antiquity and remote origin . The subject , however curious and interesting , is far 1 NURSERY ...
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... a Teutonic origin , and thus give to every genuine child - rhyme , found current in England and Sweden , an immense antiquity . There is nothing improbable in the supposition , for the preserva- tion 2 NURSERY ANTIQUITIES .
... a Teutonic origin , and thus give to every genuine child - rhyme , found current in England and Sweden , an immense antiquity . There is nothing improbable in the supposition , for the preserva- tion 2 NURSERY ANTIQUITIES .
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... children all gone ; All but one that ligs under a stone , Fly thee home , lady - cow , ere it be gone ! * * In Norfolk the lady - bird is called burny - bee , and the following lines are current ; Burnie bee , burnie bee , Tell me when ...
... children all gone ; All but one that ligs under a stone , Fly thee home , lady - cow , ere it be gone ! * * In Norfolk the lady - bird is called burny - bee , and the following lines are current ; Burnie bee , burnie bee , Tell me when ...
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... children will roam ! List ! list ! to their cry and bewailing ! The pitiless spider is weaving their doom , Then , lady - bird ! lady - bird ! fly away home ! Hark ! hark ! to thy children's bewailing . Fly back again , back again ...
... children will roam ! List ! list ! to their cry and bewailing ! The pitiless spider is weaving their doom , Then , lady - bird ! lady - bird ! fly away home ! Hark ! hark ! to thy children's bewailing . Fly back again , back again ...
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Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England ... James Orchard Halliwell No preview available - 2018 |
Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England James Orchard Halliwell No preview available - 2015 |
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