| George Horatio Derby - California - 1903 - 364 pages
...proprietor. This brought to my mind the beautiful lines of a primitive poet, Spenser,1 if I mistake not : " ' Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone ; But when she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog got none.'" " Feeling curious to ascertain if... | |
| George Horatio Derby - California - 1903 - 360 pages
...This brought to my mind the beautiful lines of a primitive poet, Spenser, i if I mistake not: 11 ' Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone; But when ehe got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog got none.'" " Feeling curious to ascertain... | |
| Robert Ford - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1904 - 310 pages
...cupboard, To get her poor doggie a bone ; When she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor doggie had none. She went to the baker's to buy him some bread, But when she came back the poor doggie was dead. She went to the undertaker's to buy him a coffin, And when she came back the doggie... | |
| Larkin Dunton, Augustus Hill Kelley - English language - 1904 - 288 pages
...her a new book. 4. The general told us a very interesting story. 5. John sold Henry his new kite. 6. Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, to get her poor dog a bone. 7. Annie's mother gave her a new croquet set for a birthday present. 8. They plan to teach the children... | |
| Education - 1904 - 554 pages
...remember how ' Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard To get Aer poor dog a bone, And when she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none ? "' With a ruler they measured Bruno, his length, height, tail, and ears, examined his eyes in the... | |
| Eulalie Osgood Grover - Readers - 1905 - 120 pages
...Mouse. "Once you saved my life, to-day I have saved yours." J Old Mother Hubbard OLD MOTHER HUBBARD Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her...bread; But when she came back. The poor dog Was dead. Some bread She went to the hatter's To buy him a hat; But when she came back, He was feeding the cat.... | |
| Thomas Lansing Masson - American wit and humor - 1905 - 368 pages
...hero. It is sufficient for us, however, to point out a fact that every school-boy knows. We affirm that Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone. But when she got to the cupboard she discovered that it was bare, and so her poor dog got no bone. This is the story.... | |
| Edwin Bormann - 1906 - 268 pages
...to instance the delight in nursery rhymes. The first stanza from the poem " Mother Hubbard " reads : Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her...The cupboard was bare, And so the poor Dog had none. And the beginning of the poem " King Luckieboy's Party " is : King Luckieboy sat in his lofty state... | |
| Marion Florence Lansing - English language - 1907 - 200 pages
...worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built. [65] OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her...bread; But when she came back, The poor dog was dead. But when she came back, The poor dog was laughing. She went to the hatter's To buy him a hat; But when... | |
| Ernest Ruse, Torataro Hanawa - 1907 - 108 pages
...cupboard. To get her poor doggie a bone. When she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor doggie had none. She went to the baker's to buy him some bread, But when she came back the poor doggie was dead. She went to the butcher's to get him some tripe, And when she came back he was smoking... | |
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