Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London Chatto and Windus · leaf 329
A. An old woman scolding in a high crownd Hat. 312 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. 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 thousands… … A. A Man mowing of Grass with a Scyth, tvhich took allbefore it. The True Trial of Understanding. 313 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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