...insidious naturalism, from infan ln!^.emonai' ha3 souBQt to Poison and prejudice the mind of " High diddle diddle. The Cat and the Fiddle, The Cow jumped over the Moon ; The Little Dog laughed to see such sport : And the Dish ran away with the Spoon." "Let us analyse these...

...you." Bang went the spoon again, keeping time with another string of nonsense, — " Diddled you — diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon, — who was there ?" " A Mister Dawson." " Phew!" ejaculated O'Grady, with a doleful whistle ; " Dick...

...directly. I am quite shocked that you should think of going upon the water when she told you not." " High diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon," cried Susan. " Well, I am quite tired, and so I may as well leave off now. Come along, aunt Boss,"...

...CXLVI. [The following is alluded to in " King Cambyses,'' u tragedy of the sixteenth century.] HEY ! diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laugh'd To see such craft, While the dish ran after the spoon. CXLVII. CRIPPLE Dick upon...

...but will hardly bear to be transferred to the regular hexameters and pentameters of the editor. " Hey diddle diddle! the cat and the fiddle! , The cow jumped over the moon : The little dog laughed to see such fine sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon." " Heididulum—atque...

...married the humble-bee; Pipe, cat,— dance, mouse, We'll have a wedding at our good house. ccci. HEY ! diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laugh'd CCCII. COME dance a jig To my Granny's pig, With a raudy, rowdy, dowdy; Come dance...

...silly, and ought never to be put into a book. What sense is there in such jingle as this ? — Hev diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle ; The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laughed to see the sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon ! 2. But some of the old...

...married the humble-bee ; Pipe, cat, — dance, mouse, We 'll have a wedding at our good house. 298. HEY ! diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laugh'd To see such craft, While the dish ran after the spoon. 299. COME dance a jig To...

...Pipe, cat — dance, mouse — We'll have a wedding at our good house.' And here's another. " Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon — The little dog laughed To see the craft, And the dish ran after the spoon." Now, mother, the book is full...

...out, st he should appear indebted to the highly imaginative of Mother Goose, — " Hey, diddle-diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon." The Sphinx concludes her oracles with this tempting eclaration : — " Thorough a thousand voices Spoke...