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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 60

An illustration from Picture fables, 1863, leaf 60
PUG AND HOUND. Pug. I wouldnt be you, and have to run All day through rain and through tempest on.Hound. I wouldnt be you, to have to keepAll day in the dusty room asleep.Pug. On the warm sofa theyll let me be.Hound. Kunning and leapings the fun for me. Our Hound he ran on oer mountain and… … HORSE AND FOAL. Kun along, Foal, my sportive child,Swift as the wind, and as free and wild;Play while the day for sport doth last—When you are great, the good time is pastThen you have work and trouble enow,To carry the rider, to drag the plough. The sportive Foal gallopd far and wide,In freedom…

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