Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 · New York : Clark Austin & co. · leaf 85
ed; and on that is fastened aneatly-dressed jointed doll, of the smallest size. In one handshe holds a small straw wand, with which she points to thepoetry beneath her. The wire is made steady by fastening itin the centre of a common wafer-box, covered and bound tocorrespond to the rest of the toy.… … Here are some verses that may answer for mottos From morn till night, it is your delight To chatter and talk without stopping;There is not a day but you rattle away, Like water for ever a-dropping. Not all the fine things that young ladies Should teach them the poor to despise ;In Ellens good…
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