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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 69

An illustration from Picture fables, 1863, leaf 69
g. Water-pail, how can we two agree? What are you, pray, sir, compared to me ?Youd better be gone, to drudge about,For, if you stay, I shall turn you out.Watee-Pail. My dear little Jug, mind what you do ;Fine things are brittle, and so are you. The milk-jug thought always of his worth,He lookd so… … THE CAT IN THE SNOW PUSSY, you lift your paws so high,And look down on them so ruefully,To your neck almost you sink in the snow.Its cold, is it not, down there to go?Would not your walking be better doneIf a pair of good stout boots youd on ? She didnt wear boots, our good little cat, But she…

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