Chapter 97

376.

376.

The “lap” is the place where infants repose,And “tea” is a plant that we use;To “Parley” ’s to treat by word, I suppose,And “pear” is a fruit we all choose.Many youth like “to eat,” I’m afraid, beyond measure,And part of the head is the “ear,”And what is more common than, when we feel pleasure,Or grief, to give vent to a “tear.”“Peter Parley” ’s distinguished I’m sure as a writer,And welcom’d by all with a smile;And surely no book is a greater exciterThan this, which goes many a mile.

The “lap” is the place where infants repose,And “tea” is a plant that we use;To “Parley” ’s to treat by word, I suppose,And “pear” is a fruit we all choose.

The “lap” is the place where infants repose,

And “tea” is a plant that we use;

To “Parley” ’s to treat by word, I suppose,

And “pear” is a fruit we all choose.

Many youth like “to eat,” I’m afraid, beyond measure,And part of the head is the “ear,”And what is more common than, when we feel pleasure,Or grief, to give vent to a “tear.”

Many youth like “to eat,” I’m afraid, beyond measure,

And part of the head is the “ear,”

And what is more common than, when we feel pleasure,

Or grief, to give vent to a “tear.”

“Peter Parley” ’s distinguished I’m sure as a writer,And welcom’d by all with a smile;And surely no book is a greater exciterThan this, which goes many a mile.

“Peter Parley” ’s distinguished I’m sure as a writer,

And welcom’d by all with a smile;

And surely no book is a greater exciter

Than this, which goes many a mile.

377. It is cheap at any price.

378. Merry’s Museum.

379. It instructs and amuses children.

380.

The one suffered wantonly;The other from want only.

The one suffered wantonly;The other from want only.

The one suffered wantonly;

The other from want only.

381. Her-ring.

382. Because it contains valuable articles, wood-cuts, etc.


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