| England - 1875 - 864 pages
...here is one more of — " Little Bopeep has lost his sheep, And cannot tell where to find them ; Let them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them." This would seem intelligible nonsense enough in the English ; .hut he makes of it this Low Dutch rhyme... | |
| England - 1875 - 786 pages
...lost his sheep, And cannot tell where to find them ; In a Studio. — Conversation No. IV. 683 Let them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them." This would seem intelligible nonsense enough in the English ; but he makes of it this Low Dutch rhyme... | |
| 1876 - 844 pages
...here is one more of — Little Bopeep has lost his sheep, And cannot tell where to find them ; Let them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them. This would seem intelligible nonsense enough in the English; but he makes of it this Low-Dutch rhyme... | |
| Florence Marryat - 1877 - 304 pages
...is most likely, he would have nothing to conceal !" " Then where's the use of worrying him, dear ? ' Leave them alone and they'll come home, and bring their tails behind them.' That's my plan with men, and I'm sure it's a wise one." " Frank and I have never gone on that plan,"... | |
| Children's poetry - 1878 - 252 pages
...up-stairs to make her bed, And she tumbled down and broke her head. Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep,'1 And can't tell where to find them ; Leave them alone,...tails behind them. Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep, And dreamed she heard them bleating ; But when she awoke, she found it a joke, For they were still... | |
| John Paul Ritchie - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1878 - 184 pages
...the farther prosecution of her search by recommending the adoption of a laissez-faire policy — " Leave them alone and they'll come home And bring their tails behind them." This sanguine adviser evidently bases his advice on the assumption that the sheep will be able to find... | |
| Prince - 1880 - 92 pages
...made A bow ; The Dame said, " Your servant," The Dog said, " Bow, wow." LITTLE Bo-peep has lost all her sheep, And can't tell where to find them : Leave...tails behind them. Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep, And dreamt she heard them bleating ; And when she awoke she found it a joke, For still they all were... | |
| Clara Bradford - Children's stories, English - 1880 - 228 pages
...guests sang, and the fountain bells accompanied them — " Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And cannot tell where to find them! Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them." " How funny ! " whispered Ethel to the Fairy. " It seems just as if the nursery rhymes had come to... | |
| Madeline Bonavia Hunt - 1881 - 162 pages
...was about to say, then ? " inquired Paurridge-potte. " Oh, I know well enough ! " replied Bo-Peep. " Leave them alone and they'll come home, and bring their tails behind them." " Well, I never ! " exclaimed Paurridge-potte, in surprise. " That is just what I was going to say.... | |
| Illustrated readers - 1881 - 142 pages
...cut'ting oth'er socks cloth LITTLE BO-PEEP. a-lone bleat-ing hap-pened be-hind fleet-ing mead-ow 1 Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them ; Let them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them. 2 Little Bo-Peep fell fast... | |
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