. The nursery rhymes of England . \J -• * — *«> • - P &£%&&! • CVy. THIRD CLASS—TALES. STOBY OF CATSKIN. once was a gentleman grand,Who lived at his country seat;He wanted an heir to his land, For hed nothing but daughters vet. O O «/ His ladys again in the way, So she said to her husband with joy, I hope some or other fine day, To present yon, my dear, with a boy. TALES. 23 The gentleman answered gruff, If t should turn out a maid or a of both we have more than enough, She shant stay to live in my house. The lady, at this declaration,Almost fainted away with pain ; But wh
. The nursery rhymes of England . \J -• * — *«> • - P &£%&&! • CVy. THIRD CLASS—TALES. STOBY OF CATSKIN. once was a gentleman grand,Who lived at his country seat;He wanted an heir to his land, For hed nothing but daughters vet. O O «/ His ladys again in the way, So she said to her husband with joy, I hope some or other fine day, To present yon, my dear, with a boy. TALES. 23 The gentleman answered gruff, If t should turn out a maid or a of both we have more than enough, She shant stay to live in my house. The lady, at this declaration,Almost fainted away with pain ; But what was her sad consternation,When a sweet little girl came again. She sent her away to be nursd,Without seeing her gruff papa ; And when she was old enough,To a school she was packed away. Fifteen summers are fled, Now she left good Mrs. Jervis ; To see home she was forbid,— She determined to go and seek service. Her dresses so grand and so gay,She carefully rolled in a knob ; Which she hid in a forest away,And put on a Catskin robe. She knockd at a castle gate
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