Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 370
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 … Turn not your meat, nor view it close,ISTor ever hold it to your nose.If in your food should chance to beWhat cant be eat conveniently,Such as small bones, or stones of fruit,Which will not with digestion suit,Remove them from your mouth aw^ay.Or on your plate with silence lay.Throw not a morsel on…
Nursery rhymes
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