Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 502
Young Lord knew,And so would smilingly permitThe lad to use his ready witAnd readier tongue een wheresoeerHe pleased—and that seemed everywhere! The portly Nurse sniffed, Such disgrace!The lout should better know his place!But all the others were content,He caused them so much merriment.They seemed… … Once upon a time a farmer caught a fox alive,and so proud was the good man of his skill thatnaught would do but that he must take his cap-tive to the fair. There 11 be no greater sight to be seen thanMaster Fox, I 11 warrant ye, he said to his wife.Aye, and many a one whose barn-yard he hasharried…
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