Nursery Rhyme. DXXVI. Natural History.

    Pussy sat by the fire-side
    In a basket full of coal-dust;
    Bas-
    ket,
    Coal-
    dust,
    In a basket full of coal-dust!

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Nursery Rhyme. LXV. Tales.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXVII. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. CLXXVII. Songs.

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On A Deaf Housekeeper

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXVI. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXXVI. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXCVIII. Natural History.

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