Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 500
THE FINISHING TOUCH. - !:iiJ,i l))vJ\H ii … An ostrich, filled with self-conceit And giddy ostentation,One day, a tortoise chanced to meet In casual conversation.The tortoise, though extremely plain,Was, like the ostrich, rather vain. As all of you, no doubt, have guessed, In noting this allusion,The ostrich was, of course, possessed Of…
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