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 50
rieve to sayHow she would scream and run away,Soon as she saw her mother standWith water by, and sponge in hand.Shed kick, and stamp, and jump about,And set up such an awful shout,That one who did not know the child,Would say she must be going wild. In consequence it came to pass,While one was… … Behold how needful tis that weShould clean in dress and person bejOr else, believe me, tis in vainWe hope affection to obtain.A sloven will be always viewedWith pity by the wise and good;While evn the vicious and the baseBehold with scorn a dirty face.
Children's stories, German
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