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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 78

An illustration from Picture fables, 1863, leaf 78
, light airy thing,How soon to the sun my way Id wing.Seagull. To go there, at first, was my intent, But I found I was wrong, as upward I went; Still as I mounted, it colder grew, So I left the sun, and came back to you. Colder up there—and yet warms us here ! Twas too hard for the seal to make it… … LION AND DOG. Lion, mighty and strong is thy frame— Men tremble and quake at the sound of thy name ; In the forest no creature can combat thy rage, And threatning art thou even here in thy cage. But the little dog thou permittest still To bite thee, and tease thee, as much as he will. Lion. I am a…

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