Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston, New York : Houghton Miffin Company · leaf 371
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 yoni arms upon your chair.But keep your elbows dowu with care.Stuff not your mouth, nor blow your meat,Wait till its cool enough to eat.Sup not your l^roth with eagerness,But use a s})()on with gentleness. 352 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY
Nursery rhymes
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