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A nose through Blythe House
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Catalogue
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'Chickens 591-608'
Date: 1956Reference: PP/MEL/C/123Part of: Mellanby, Sir Edward
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Chickens standing on hay while ducks drink from a pool in a farm building. Lithograph by E. Leroux after A.G. Decamps.
Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel, 1803-1860.Date: 1845Reference: 39957i- Books
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Chickens feed capons: or a dissertation on the pertness of our youth in general, especially those trained up at tea-tables; with The true Picture of a Petit Maitre, and a Modern fine Lady; Some Hints on Abuses in Education; not forgetting the Insolence and Scorn with which the generality of young Persons treat their Elders and Betters. Also A very remarkable Tragical Cafe, which may serve as a Warning to Persons in Years, how they give the Staff out of their own Hands, and leave themselves to the Mercy of others. Written by a friend of the person injured.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1731 [1730]- Books
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Chickens feed capons: Or A dissertation on the pertness of our youth in general, especially those trained up at tea-tables; With the true picture of a petit maitre, and a modern fine lady; some hints on abuses in education; not forgetting the insolence and scorn with which the generality of young persons treat their elders and betters. Also a very remarkable tragical case, which may serve as a warning to persons in years, how they give the staff out of their own hands, and leave themselves to the mercy of others. Written by a friend of the person injured.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1731- Books
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Chickens feed capons: or a dissertation on the pertness of our youth in general, especially those trained up at tea-tables; with The true Picture of a Petit Maitre, and a Modern fine Lady; Some Hints on Abuses in Education; not forgetting the Insolence and Scorn with which the generality of young Persons treat their Elders and Betters. Also a very remarkable tragical case, which may serve as a Warning to Persons in Years, how they give the Staff out of their own Hands, and leave themselves to the Mercy of others. Written by a friend of the person injured. With a preface in Vindication of the Author.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1731 [1730]