A History of Nursery RhymesGreening, 1899 - 195 páginas |
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... Crown 8vo , Art Cloth , Gill , 5 | - net . MAP .- " A sparkling piece of political and social satire . Mr. Escott besprinkles his pages with biting epigram and humorous innuendo . It is a most amusing book . " Standard- " A book which ...
... Crown 8vo , Art Cloth , Gill , 5 | - net . MAP .- " A sparkling piece of political and social satire . Mr. Escott besprinkles his pages with biting epigram and humorous innuendo . It is a most amusing book . " Standard- " A book which ...
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... Crown 8vo , crimson buckram , gilt top , 5 / - net . A FEW OF MANY PRESS OPINIONS . Daily Telegraph .- ( Mr . W. L. COURTNEY in " Books of the Day . " ) — " He writes fluently , and has genuine enthusiasm for his subject , and an ...
... Crown 8vo , crimson buckram , gilt top , 5 / - net . A FEW OF MANY PRESS OPINIONS . Daily Telegraph .- ( Mr . W. L. COURTNEY in " Books of the Day . " ) — " He writes fluently , and has genuine enthusiasm for his subject , and an ...
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... Crown 8vo , Art Cloth , a / 6 . SOME PRESS OPINIONS . Outlook . " Decidedly you should read Mr. Power - Berrey's interesting book , taking laugh and shudder as they come . ' Literature . " The book contains many interesting stories and ...
... Crown 8vo , Art Cloth , a / 6 . SOME PRESS OPINIONS . Outlook . " Decidedly you should read Mr. Power - Berrey's interesting book , taking laugh and shudder as they come . ' Literature . " The book contains many interesting stories and ...
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20 Cecil Court amongst amusing art cloth Arthur Wing Pinero Author baby bells bird bright Bye-ways of Crime Cecil Court CHAPTER Charing Cross Road charm child Church CLEMENT SCOTT clever book Contemporary Pictures criminals Crown 8vo cuckoo DAN LENO dance delight Dickery diddle East Anglia Edition English enthusiasm epigram Escott's fascinating fire Fitz-Gerald fly away home G. F. MONKSHOOD Green Carnation Greening hand humour Hypocrite Illustrated by W. S. Introduction by JUSTIN Jack JUSTIN HANNAFORD King Kipling's Lady Ruby literary little book London Lucy Locket lullaby maid merry modern MONKSHOOD moon mother nett novel nursery rhymes old woman Ovsen play Pottle Papers R. J. POWER-BERREY readable reader round Rudyard Kipling sarcasm satire sing sketches sleep song story style sung T. H. S. ESCOTT T. P. O'Connor tale thee to-day Trip to Paradoxia W. S. ROGERS worship writer written
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Página 172 - A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds...
Página 87 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Página 74 - The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush. Here we go 'round the mulberry bush So early in the morning.
Página 139 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Página 142 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Página 32 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Página 95 - That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought For two pieces of money : A kid, a kid.
Página 166 - Gay go up, and gay go down, To ring the bells of London town. Bull's eyes and targets, Say the bells of St Marg'ret's. Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St Giles'. Halfpence and farthings Say the bells of St Martin's.
Página 146 - There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children she didn't know what to do; She gave them some broth without any bread; She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
Página 152 - Over the hills and far away ;" Over the hills, and a great way off, And the wind will blow my top-knot off.