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Slovenly Peter, or, Cheerful stories and funny pictures for good little folks : illustrations colored by hand after the original style (1919)

Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1809-1894 · Philadelphia : John C. Winston · leaf 47

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near,And Sophy doubted not that sheAn ample store of them would see. At length the happy hour was come,The children, led into a room,Behold, with wonder and surprise,Three tables set before their eyes.One is for Nelly, one for Ned,And both with choicest treasures spread.The other table is left… … Now Minny was a pretty girl,Her hair so gracefully did curl;She had a slender figure, too,And rosy cheeks, and eyes of blue. And yet, with all those beauties rare,Those angel eyes and curly hair,Oh! many, many faults had she,The worst of which was jealousy. When on the shining Christmas treeSt.…

Children's stories, German

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