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The animals sick of the plague.

I reaped it my way, for I cut nothing off but the ears, and carried it...

Sunbonnet twins baking. - Drawing. Public domain image.

A painting of two children cooking in a kitchen. A painting of two women baking in a kitchen. Public domain postcard scan.

Hey! up the chimney, lass! Hey after you!

Contes bleus de ma mère-grand.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jack and Jill. Nursery rhymes for children.

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This little pig went to market.

Was not that [a dainty dish]. Nursery rhymes for children.

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Tom, Tom, the piper's son. Nursery rhymes for children.

This little pig cried all the way home.

Old King Cole. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Diamond Dyes nursery rhymes pictorial.

Public domain photograph of a nursery, agriculture, garden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Solomon commands the spirits of the world to submit to his will.

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Looking very undancey indeed. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Ran merrily after. - A drawing of a group of people walking down a str...

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Der arme Hase. Da lag er nun auf dem Acker und war mausetot.

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[The frog speaks to the King's daughter]

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Rapunzel. - A drawing of a man laying on the ground next to a woman

Die Nelke. - A black and white drawing of people in a room

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Little Mr. Thimblefinger.

["Tom reached and clawed down the hole after him"]

The Knight comes upon Undine - Drawing. Public domain image.

I beg your pardon, Mr. Serpent, would you be so kind..."

Simpkin in the snow. - A drawing of a cat walking through a doorway

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gustave Dore - Sleeping Beauty.

Heidi drinking from her bowl. - Public domain portrait print

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Two goats with pink bows. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain image - Chicago, Illinois history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Heidi reading. - Public domain portrait painting

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Pig picking apples. - A drawing of a pig hanging from a tree

A pig is stuck in a tree. The pig in the apple tree. Public domain postcard scan.

Pig sits by the fire on the wolf rug.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stealing. - A drawing of a boy and a bird in a nest

Public domain scan of print / book page depicting birds, ornithology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Triumphal march of the Elf-King.

Public domain image of a mythological scene, classic mythology, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

In the jungle. - A painting of people in a forest with animals

Animals as humans. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Boarding the chaise in Cheapside

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Three women and a boy. - A drawing of a woman holding a basket of flow...

[The squire and the milkmaid talking.]

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Valentine & Orson. - Egypt

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The captain was a duck, with a jacket on his back.

With a leaf from an old English book--a jonquil will serve for a pen.

The fairies of the Caldon-Low.

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Mary, Mary, quite contrary.

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Polly put the kettle on. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Robinson Crusoe at dinner. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Don't be afraid, boys. - A group of children standing next to each oth...

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hree little girls were sitting on a rail....

Tom, Tom, the piper's son ; There was an old man of Tobago ; See, saw,...

The green door. - A painting of two children standing in front of a gr...

Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit on Christmas Day

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There came a big spider - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of incest, natural history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Little Boy Blue - Public domain print

Picryl description: Public domain portrait of farmer's child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mrs. Bond. Nursery rhymes for children.

The Queen of hearts. Nursery rhymes for children.

Hanging out the clothes. Nursery rhymes for children.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.

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Sing a song for sixpence. Nursery rhymes for children.

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Warm hands. Nursery rhymes for children.

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Ali Baba and the forty thieves.

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The smoke ascended to the clouds, and extending itself along the sea a...

Public domain photograph of air pollution, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beauty escorted by apes and monkeys as pages

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There, sure enough, the poor beast was, lying senseless on his back.

The officers (Fatima's brothers) slay Blue-Beard, and rescue their sis...

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The unhappy Fatima cried up to her:-'Anne, sister Anne, do you see any...

Pied piper of Hamelin. - A drawing of a woman standing in front of a g...

Public domain image of a 15th-16th century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

They both concluded that that was the Pillar of Salt into which Lot's ...

Cinderella at the grate - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The dog and the shadow. Fable

The monkey and the cat. Fable

The battle of the rats and the weasels.

Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The wolf and the dog. Fable

[The princess and the pea.] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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And the old swans bowed down before him."

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The ruffians and the children.

"'Ah-yi! You oughter ax me dat fus', Brer Coon'"

Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, t...

He set out at once to climb the beanstalk."

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Rose of Torridge. - A painting of a woman sitting on a window sill sur...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sir Amyas Leigh. - A black and white drawing of a man on a boat

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The battle with the Armada

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Little Red Riding Hood picking flowers

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf

A cartoon of santa claus pulling a sleigh full of toys. A santa claus with a horse and a horse. Public domain postcard scan.

Ah, you little thief!" said the farmer in an angry voice.

Good news, brother mine! Fire Eater has sneezed..."

You may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McG...

He slipped underneath the gate.

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But round the end of a cucumber frame, whom should he meet but Mr. McG...

Gustave Dore - Quite delighted, I'm sure," -- so Puss courteously spak...

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Ladies in act to smile, and pages in attendance wait.

"Are you the child who lives up with Alm-Uncle, are you Heidi?"

"I am never called anything but Heidi."

Down the mountain they shot like two birds darting through the air.

Public domain photograph of mountains, winter, snow, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Heidi with two kittens. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Heidi and her friend. - Public domain portrait painting

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Now, mark me, mine host," Sir Daniel said, "follow but mine orders, an...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.