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... girls who would merry be ; For boys and girls who wisdom lack , I've Riddles as hard as nuts to crack : Once , and twice , and thrice you must read Before in guessing them you'll succeed ; Once , and twice , and thrice you must guess ...
... girls who would merry be ; For boys and girls who wisdom lack , I've Riddles as hard as nuts to crack : Once , and twice , and thrice you must read Before in guessing them you'll succeed ; Once , and twice , and thrice you must guess ...
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... girls who would merry be . Here is a book of real fun To cheer you when your work is done ; Such pictures ! oh , such queer grimaces- Such curious forms and wonderful faces- But all , of course , in their proper places ! And songs there ...
... girls who would merry be . Here is a book of real fun To cheer you when your work is done ; Such pictures ! oh , such queer grimaces- Such curious forms and wonderful faces- But all , of course , in their proper places ! And songs there ...
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... girls . Politeness is the oil which makes the wheels of life go smoothly . " Yes , ma'am , " said the footman . [ Tom Brown , a forfeit ! You sat looking at me , and laughing , instead of turning round like a clever footman . Another ...
... girls . Politeness is the oil which makes the wheels of life go smoothly . " Yes , ma'am , " said the footman . [ Tom Brown , a forfeit ! You sat looking at me , and laughing , instead of turning round like a clever footman . Another ...
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... , pays a forfeit ; and on his waving his arm thrice above his head , all recommence singing at the exact part of the song where they were interrupted . GENTEEL LADY . This Game is played by girls , 3 EVERYBODY'S SONG . 33.
... , pays a forfeit ; and on his waving his arm thrice above his head , all recommence singing at the exact part of the song where they were interrupted . GENTEEL LADY . This Game is played by girls , 3 EVERYBODY'S SONG . 33.
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A L. Hately. GENTEEL LADY . This Game is played by girls , and she who makes a mistake in it is decorated with a ... girl says : - - Good morning. 34 GENTEEL LADY .
A L. Hately. GENTEEL LADY . This Game is played by girls , and she who makes a mistake in it is decorated with a ... girl says : - - Good morning. 34 GENTEEL LADY .
Common terms and phrases
Bessie black horse breakfast call brown horse BUFF butler choke a dog city of Timbuctoo clog coachman Cock me cary crumpled horn daughter Jane dog Ball DOSSY Eight joiners Eyebright FAMILY COACH Fitzwiggin Five puppies flowers footman Four horses stuck Frank Martin Game gaping garden gate genteel lady Giles Collins Grand Mufti groom Harry Johnson heads would choke HONEY POTS house that Jack Jack built jinger ring John Ball shot John Block John Brammer John Crowder John Scott John Wyming joiners in Joiners killed the rat KING ARTHUR Kitty Knight M'Gee's fled malt That lay Mother Ned Martin nosegay old woman's apple-stall pay a forfeit players pretty little miss pudding heads Queen rammer riddle saw a house saw a street says Seven lobsters Simple Simon singing Six beetles song street I saw Three monkeys tied Timbuctoo I saw Tom Brown tossed the dog waddling frog Walter Brown wide-mouthed worried the cat
Popular passages
Page 87 - Yon house, erected on the rising ground, With tempting aspect drew me from my road ; For plenty there a residence has found, And grandeur a magnificent abode. Hard is the fate of the...
Page 99 - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.
Page 87 - PITY the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door ; Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span ; Oh ! give relie-t", and Heaven will bless your store.
Page 94 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the farmer sowing his corn That kept the cock that crowed in the morn That waked the priest all shaven and shorn That married the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 75 - SIMPLE Simon met a pieman Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny"; Says Simple Simon to the pieman. "Indeed I have not any." Simple Simon went a-fishing For to catch a whale; All the water he had got Was in his mother's pail. Simple Simon went to look If plums grew on a thistle; He pricked his fingers very much, Which made poor Simon whistle.
Page 71 - He rode till he came to my Lady Mouse hall, And there he did both knock and call, Cock me cary, &c. Quoth he, Miss Mouse, I'm come to thee, Kitty alone, &c.
Page 90 - This is the Cat that killed the Rat that ate the Malt that lay in the House that Jack built. This is the Dog that worried the Cat that killed the Rat that ate the Malt that lay in the House that Jack built.
Page 105 - As I was going to St. Ives, / I met a man with seven wives. / Each wife had seven sacks, / Each sack had seven cats, / Each cat had seven kits. / Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, / How many were going to St. Ives?
Page 74 - Says the pieman to Simple Simon, " Show me first your penny ; " Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Page 107 - Flour of England, fruit of Spain, Met together in a shower of rain; Put in a bag tied round with a string, If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a ring.