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Miss Agnes had two or three dolls and a box / To hold all her bonnets and tippets and frocks; / In a red leather thread-case that snapp'd when it shut, / She had needles to sew with and scissors to cut; / But Agnes liked better to play with rude boys / Than work with her needle, or play with her toys.
Young ladies should always appear neat and clean, / Yet Agnes was seldom dress'd fit to be seen. / I saw her one morning attempting to throw / A very large stone, when it fell on her toe: / The boys, who were present and saw what was done, / Set up a loud laugh, and they call'd it fine fun.