Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: a Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of EnglandJ. Russell Smith, 1849 - 276 pages |
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... town ! This ballad is a very important illustration of the history of these puerile rhymes , for it establishes the Namby Pamby is said to have been a nickname for Ambrose Phillips . Another ballad , written about the same time as the ...
... town ! This ballad is a very important illustration of the history of these puerile rhymes , for it establishes the Namby Pamby is said to have been a nickname for Ambrose Phillips . Another ballad , written about the same time as the ...
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... town ; you shall take these forty guineas and buy a cow . I can make butter and cheese , which you shall sell at market , and we shall then be able to live very comfortably . " Mr. Vinegar joyfully assents , takes the money , and goes ...
... town ; you shall take these forty guineas and buy a cow . I can make butter and cheese , which you shall sell at market , and we shall then be able to live very comfortably . " Mr. Vinegar joyfully assents , takes the money , and goes ...
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... town , when he met a man with a fine thick pair of gloves . Oh , my fingers are so very cold , " said Mr. Vinegar to himself ; " if I had but those beautiful gloves I should be the happiest man alive . " He went up to the man , and said ...
... town , when he met a man with a fine thick pair of gloves . Oh , my fingers are so very cold , " said Mr. Vinegar to himself ; " if I had but those beautiful gloves I should be the happiest man alive . " He went up to the man , and said ...
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... town , and used to put by every bit of money he could lay his hands on . wife was a simple woman , and they lived together with- out quarrelling , but she was obliged to put up with very hard fare . Now , sometimes , when there was a ...
... town , and used to put by every bit of money he could lay his hands on . wife was a simple woman , and they lived together with- out quarrelling , but she was obliged to put up with very hard fare . Now , sometimes , when there was a ...
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... third bestowed on her a husband , though but a poor country cobler . This done , she goes on till she came to a town , and it being market day , the people looked at her , and seeing such an evil face 42 FIRESIDE STORIES .
... third bestowed on her a husband , though but a poor country cobler . This done , she goes on till she came to a town , and it being market day , the people looked at her , and seeing such an evil face 42 FIRESIDE STORIES .
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