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Picture fables (1863)

Hey, Wilhelm, 1789-1854. [from old catalog], Dulcken, Henry William, 1832-1894, [from old catalog] tr, Speckter, Otto, 1807-1871, [from old catalog] illus, Dalziel, George, 1815-1902, [from old catalog] engr, Dalziel, Edward, 1817-1905, [from old catalog] engr · London, New York, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge · leaf 104

An illustration from Picture fables, 1863, leaf 104
BADGER. Badger, you think youre lying there, Safe and sound in your den—beware ! Here come some who will make you smart: Come out and show if youve a heart; I know not if pleasant it will appear, To have the dogs barking so close to your ear. The dogs fell on him with bark and with yell;He fought… … PUSSY. Why do you wash yourself, Pussy, I pray,Every half hour, all through the day?Pussy. Because I never can bear to be seen, If I am not quite neat and quite clean;From top to toe, head and paws with me,Must be bright and comely as bright can be. And very often I heard them tell, How all petted…

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