Nursery Rhyme. DXXVIII. Natural History.

    Little Robin Red-breast,
        Sat upon a hirdle;
    With a pair of speckled legs,
        And a green girdle.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXXVII. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXLII. Games.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXIX. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. CLXIII. Songs.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXLIII. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXLVIII. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXIX. Natural History.

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