Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 369
Do not allow yourself to stareAt any one with saucy glare.Grease not your fingers carelessly,And break your bread with decency.Dip not a dirty knife in salt —And carefully avoid the faultOf blowing, while at meals, your nose,Unless necessity impose. SCHOOL OF GOOD MANNERS 351 … Lean not your arms upon your chair.But keep your elbows down with care.Stuff not your mouth, nor blow your meat,Wait till its cool enough to eat.Sup not your broth with eagerness,But use a spoon wdth gentleness. 352 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY
Nursery rhymes
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