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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 23

An illustration from Picture fables, 1863, leaf 23
THE KITTENS. Kittens, now Ill find names for you,Each from the thing it best can do:Velvet well call the one there asleep,Slyboots the kit who so softly can creep,Mouser the pussy who hunting doth seem,Lickdish the one with its nose in the cream. They grew to be cats, each nice little kit.Velvet… … DOG AKD CAT. What is it, Poodle ? What can you see, That you are Larking so noisily ? Is it that Pussy s sitting up there, And wont come down for your speeches fair ? Well, I think she is in the right; If she came, you might chance to bite. Pussy, she sat so long on the treeSleeping, as though a…

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