...explain the object and mode of such renamings. ' Such as the familiar rhymed alphabet which begins — A was an Archer, who shot at a frog ; B was a Butcher, who had a great dog. It may be admitted that the objection urged by Professor Lagarde and Mr. Poole...

...in the oven for Tommy and me. XLII. lTom Thnmb's Alphabet.] A was an areher, and shot at a frog, M was a butcher, and had a great dog. C was a captain,...covered with lace, D was a drunkard, and had a red face. K was an esquire, with pride on his brow, I'' was a farmer, and followed the plough. G was a gamester,...

...when we learned our letters, we had blocks on which were very large capitals and then such legends as, "A was an Archer who Shot at a Frog; B was a Butcher who Had a fine Dog;" "C was a Cutler; " " D was a Dustman; " and so on. In the same way it was necessary...

...is therefore based on a false alphabets . assumption, as also were the old picture alphabets, like A was an archer who shot at a frog, B was a butcher who kept a big dog. Still, these were not altogether useless when the child had thoroughly committed...

...dog are you ? " ABC JINGLES. " A was an Archer that shot at a frog, B was a Butcher — he had a big dog, C was a Captain all covered with lace, D was a Dunce with a very long face." 176 " A was an apple pie ; B bit it, C cut it, D danced for it, E eat...

...built up of printers' ornaments, being at the top of each page. The rhyme begins : A was an Archer and shot at a Frog, B was a Butcher and had a great Dog, C was a Captain all cover'd with Lace, D was a Drunkard, and had a red Face. Pages 18 and 19 have words of two and three...

...Venetian publishers began to ornament their books with initials designed on the plan of the rhymes, "A was an Archer who shot at a frog, B was a Butcher who had a great dog," so dear to our childhood. In books on sacred subjects, A might show Abraham sacrificing...

...the required size of the book. across famous nursery pieces such as the Alphabet which begins : — A was an Archer, who shot at a frog, B was a blind man, and led by a dog . . . etc. This first appeared in A Little Book for Little Children by...

...you've heard of before ; So here ends my rhyme A was an Archer, and shot at a frog ; B was a Hutcher, and had a great dog. C was a Captain, all covered...lace ; D was a Drunkard, and had a red face. E was an Ksquire, with pride on his brow ; F was a Karmer, and followed the plow. G was a Gamester, who had...

...mythology whose names begin with the required letter, on the principle of the nursery alphabet in which "A was an Archer who shot at a frog, B was a Butcher who had a great dog." To an age which, not otherwise to its loss, neglects the study of Lempriere's...