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The Distributed Proofreaders Canada eBook of Rhymes for the Nursery

The Distributed Proofreaders Canada eBook of Rhymes for the Nursery

by Ann Taylor

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About this eBook

Author
Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824
Title
Rhymes for the nursery
Original Publication
London: Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch-street, 1831.
Credits
Iona Vaughan, Pat McCoy & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Nursery rhymes, English
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77549
Release Date
December 26, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PREFACE.
  2. 2.The Cow.
  3. 3.Good Night.
  4. 4.Getting up.
  5. 5.Mamma and the Baby.
  6. 6.The Sparrows.
  7. 7.Good Mamma.
  8. 8.Learning to go alone.
  9. 9.The little Girl that beat her Sister.
  10. 10.The little Girl to her Dolly.
  11. 11.The Star.
  12. 12.Come and play in the Garden.
  13. 13.About learning to read.
  14. 14.No Breakfast for Growler.
  15. 15.Poor Children.
  16. 16.Learning to draw.
  17. 17.What Clothes are made of.
  18. 18.Little Girls must not fret.
  19. 19.Charles and Animals.
  20. 20.Breakfast and Puss.
  21. 21.The Flower and the Lady, about getting up.
  22. 22.The Baby’s Dance.
  23. 23.For a little Girl that did not like to be washed.
  24. 24.The Cut.
  25. 25.The little Girl that could not read.
  26. 26.Questions and Answers.
  27. 27.Playing with Fire.
  28. 28.The Field Daisy.
  29. 29.The Michaelmas Daisy.
  30. 30.Dutiful Jem.
  31. 31.The Ants’ Nest.
  32. 32.Sleepy Harry.
  33. 33.Going to Bed.
  34. 34.Idle Mary.
  35. 35.One little Boy.
  36. 36.Another Little Boy.
  37. 37.The little Child.
  38. 38.The undutiful Boy.
  39. 39.The Old Beggar Man.
  40. 40.The little Coward.
  41. 41.The Sheep.
  42. 42.The sick little Boy.
  43. 43.To a little Girl that liked to look in the Glass
  44. 44.The cruel Boy and the Kittens.
  45. 45.The Work-bag.
  46. 46.The best way to be happy.
  47. 47.The frolicsome Kitten.
  48. 48.A fine Thing.
  49. 49.A pretty Thing.
  50. 50.Little Birds and cruel Boys.
  51. 51.The Snow-drop.
  52. 52.Romping.
  53. 53.Working.
  54. 54.The Selfish Snails.
  55. 55.Good Dobbin.
  56. 56.Sulking.
  57. 57.Time to go to Bed.
  58. 58.Time to rise.
  59. 59.The poor Fly.
  60. 60.Tumble up.
  61. 61.The little Fish that would not do as it was bid.
  62. 62.The Two Babies.
  63. 63.What came of firing a Gun.
  64. 64.The little Negro.
  65. 65.Poor Donkey.
  66. 66.The Spring Nosegay.
  67. 67.The Summer Nosegay.
  68. 68.The Autumn Nosegay.
  69. 69.The Winter Nosegay.
  70. 70.The little Lark.
  71. 71.The quarrelsome Dogs.
  72. 72.The honest Ploughman.
  73. 73.The great Lord.
  74. 74.The little Beggar Girl.
  75. 75.Poor Puss.
  76. 76.The little Ants.
  77. 77.Second Thoughts are best.
  78. 78.The Meadows.
  79. 79.A Wasp and a Bee.
  80. 80.Passion and Penitence.
  81. 81.The Dunce of a Kitten.
  82. 82.A very sorrowful Story.

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