s cry--
Then--"Water! water! bring to me--
Or all my fish will die."

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D d.

+-------------------+
| DELIGHTFUL, |
|_easant, Charming_.|
+-------------------+

These boys are bathing in the stream
When they should be at school:
The master's coming round to see
Who disregards his rule.

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E e.

+----------------------------+
| ECCENTRICITY, |
|_Irregularity, Strangeness_.|
+----------------------------+

We often see things seeming strange;
But scarce so strange as this:--
Here everything is mis-applied,
Here every change amiss.

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F f.

+---------------------------------+
| FRAUD, |
|_Deceit, Trick, Artifice, Cheat_.|
+---------------------------------+

Here is Pat Murphy, fast asleep.
And there is Neddy Bray:
The thief a watchful eye doth keep
Until he gets away.

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G g.

+------------------------+
| GENIUS, |
|_Mental Power, Faculty_.|
+------------------------+

A little boy with little slate
May sometimes make more clear
The little thoughts that he would state
Than can by words appear.

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H h.

+----------------+
| HORROR, |
|_Terror, Dread_.|
+----------------+

This little harmless speckled frog
Seems Lady Townsend's dread:
I fear she'll run away and cry,
And hide her silly head.

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I i. J j.

+----------------------------+
| ICHABOD AT THE JAM. |
| |
|ICHABOD, _a Christian Name_.|
|JAM, _a Conserve of Fruits_.|
+----------------------------+

Enough is good, excess is bad:
Yet Ichabod you see,
Will with the jam his stomach cram,
Until they disagree.

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K k.

+-------------------------+
| KNOWING, |
|_Conscious, Intelligent_.|
+-------------------------+

Tho' horses know both beans and corn,
And snuff them in the wind;
They also all know Jemmy Small,
And what he holds behind.

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L l.

+-----------------------------+
| LUCKY, |
|_Fortunate, Happy by Chance_.|
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