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The looking-glass for the mind, or, Intellectual mirror : being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories and interesting tales (1844)

Berquin, M. (Arnaud), 1747-1791 · Baltimore : Parsons & Preston · leaf 44

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rink the morning dew ;I perched at will on every spray,My form genteel, my plumage gay, My strains for ever new ! But gaudy plumage, sprightly strain,And form genteel were all in vain, And of a transient date ;For caught and caged and starved to death,In dying sighs my little breath Soon passed the… … 40 LOOKING-GLASS.

Children · Conduct of life · Parent and child · Children and death · Animal welfare · Children's stories, German

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