Nursery Rhyme. DCXXXIII. Relics.

        [The following is quoted in the song of Mad Tom.]

    The man in the moon drinks claret,
        But he is a dull Jack-a-Dandy;
    Would he know a sheep's head from a carrot,
        He should learn to drink cider and brandy.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXXXIV. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXIII. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. LIX. Tales.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXXXCIX. Relics.

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Nursery Rhyme. DCXLII. Relics.

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