Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 333
A. An old woman scolding in a high crowned Hat. 312 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. Q. My weapon is exceeding keen,Of which I think I well may boast,And Ill encounter Colonel GreenTogether with his mighty host.With me they could not then compare,I conquer them both great and small,Tho… … A. A Man mowing of Grass with a Scyth, which took allbefore it. The True Trial of Understanding, 313 Q. I saw five birds all in a cage, Each bird had but one single wing,They were an hundred years of age.And yet did fly and sweetly sing.The wonder did my mind possess.When I beheld their age and…
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