A Treasury of Pleasure Books for Young PeopleJoseph Cundall |
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... told by nurses in Scotland ; and I have to thank Mr. Robert Chambers for allowing me to reprint them for you in English . The " Story of the Three Bears " is a very old Nursery Tale , but it never was so well told as by the great poet ...
... told by nurses in Scotland ; and I have to thank Mr. Robert Chambers for allowing me to reprint them for you in English . The " Story of the Three Bears " is a very old Nursery Tale , but it never was so well told as by the great poet ...
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... , you may be able to amuse them , and then I dare say they will tell you tales as good as those you have told them . Your loving Father , Kentish Town , Nov. 1849 . J. C. CONTENTS . I. II . KING ARTHUR'S ALPHABET • 26 vi PREFACE .
... , you may be able to amuse them , and then I dare say they will tell you tales as good as those you have told them . Your loving Father , Kentish Town , Nov. 1849 . J. C. CONTENTS . I. II . KING ARTHUR'S ALPHABET • 26 vi PREFACE .
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... after Tom slept on some hay , The very same Farmer was passing that way ; He took poor Tom's pipe , and bade him prepare To answer his crimes before the Lord Mayor . To the Lord Mayor he took him , and told ΙΟ TOM THE PIPER'S SON .
... after Tom slept on some hay , The very same Farmer was passing that way ; He took poor Tom's pipe , and bade him prepare To answer his crimes before the Lord Mayor . To the Lord Mayor he took him , and told ΙΟ TOM THE PIPER'S SON .
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Joseph Cundall. To the Lord Mayor he took him , and told all Tom's art , How he made people dance with a sorrowful heart ; Begg'd he'd send him abroad , and there teach to dance All the men and the women and children of France . Says Tom ...
Joseph Cundall. To the Lord Mayor he took him , and told all Tom's art , How he made people dance with a sorrowful heart ; Begg'd he'd send him abroad , and there teach to dance All the men and the women and children of France . Says Tom ...
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... told , His goose had laid him An egg of pure gold . Jack rode to his mother , The news for to tell , She called him a good boy , And said it was well . Jack sold his gold egg To a rogue of a Jew , Who cheated him out of The half of his ...
... told , His goose had laid him An egg of pure gold . Jack rode to his mother , The news for to tell , She called him a good boy , And said it was well . Jack sold his gold egg To a rogue of a Jew , Who cheated him out of The half of his ...
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