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Mother Gooſe’s Melody: or, Sonnets for the Cradle. (English)
In Two Parts. Part I. Contains the moſt celebrated Songs and Lullabies of the old Britiſh Nurſes, calculated to amuſe Children and to excite them to Sleep. Part II. Thoſe of that ſweet Songſter and Nurſe of Wit and Humour, Maſter William Shakeſpeare. Embelliſhed with Cuts. And Illuſtrated with Notes and Maxims, Hiſtorical, Philoſophical and Critical. (English)
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Much might be ſaid in favour of this collection, but as we have no room for critical diſquiſitions we ſhall only obſerve to our readers, that the cuſtom of ſinging theſe ſongs and lullabies to children is of great antiquity : It is even as old as the time of the ancient Druids. (English)
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Preface. By a very Great Writer of very Little Books.
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