Nursery Rhyme. CCCLXX. Paradoxes.
[The conclusion of the following resembles a verse in the nursery history of Mother Hubbard.] There was an old woman, and what do you think? She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink: Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet; This tiresome old woman could never be quiet. She went to the baker, to buy her some bread, And when she came home her old husband was dead; She went to the clerk to toll the bell, And when she came back her old husband was well.
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