英语词汇“Mother Hubbard”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

After this memorable event, I went to the hatter’s, and the bootmaker’s, and the hosier’s, and felt rather like Mother Hubbard’s dog whose outfit required the services of so many trades. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m awfully busy, but so was Mother Hubbard. On the Runway Blog: Fashion Week: @whatdidIjustsee 2011-09-09T02:42:57Z

We may be forced to live like Mother Hubbard. Trump Ignores Climate Change. That’s Very Bad for Disaster Planners. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

The Times quoted a few letters: one requested “a big wagon—not so very big—four wheels, two packs pop-crackers, a Mother Hubbard book.” This Is How Letters to Santa Were First Delivered by the U.S. Mail 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

To many, “Old Mother Hubbard” is not a mother at all—nor a woman. The Dark Origins of 11 Classic Nursery Rhymes 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

Once a week, he volunteers at Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, which provides food to local families in need. Elderly men create own ‘retirement home’ in Bloomington 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

“I don’t see how you ever keep your hair in curl. And that Mother Hubbard you are wearing went out 10 years ago.” Building Blocks: A Gilded Goddess Would Rather Be in Philadelphia 2014-01-22T17:04:02Z

Maybe swap your old newsboy cap for a short-brimmed straw fedora; your Mother Hubbard dress for something that says Tory Burch. Retirement Relevance: 8 Ways to Stay Hip Without Embarrassing Yourself 2013-07-22T16:40:28Z

I suffer pangs, sir, in serving gents with such slops, et cetera, but cupboard is bare, sir, to quote classic of Mother Hubbard; all I can provide for sustenance is cassava bread, beans, and bovril. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z

Suppose, if you will, that Smith, Brown & Jones are having a special sale of Mother Hubbard wrappers. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z

Mother Hubbard's old dog Tray, If this account be true, Had not an equal, I dare say, Come tell me, what think you? The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z

Each of these illustrations could be covered with a quartet of our postage stamps and only those for "Mother Hubbard," which are droll and tender, possess more than an antiquarian interest. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z

Besides he had to go out to get supplies for his larder, at present as bare as Mother Hubbard’s. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z

The windows lacked curtains, the girls had only one fork, and their cupboard was so distressingly empty that it rivaled Mother Hubbard's. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z

Manifestly, it is up to R. H. Macy & Company to sell the same quality of Mother Hubbard for less than $3.79, if they are to live up to their oft-stated policy. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z

Now, that this "poor dog" of a husband was an ogre is abundantly proved by the fact that Mother Hubbard provided for him bones. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z

"We'll have the tableaux Black Prince, Joan of Arc, and Mother Hubbard, if mother will lend us the finery, and Sal will advise us what to do." Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z

“Do you really want to see Mother Hubbard’s dog, little girl?” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z

We were only a few steps from the studio and we all bundled in—but in the confusion Milly had dropped her candle, and the light Mother Hubbard wrapper was all in a blaze. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z

It is then matched as closely as possible with a Mother Hubbard from the Macy stock, and the two garments compared, point by point. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z

Fourthly and lastly, it is clear from the words "poor dog," that the ogre was poor, but not Mother Hubbard. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z

And he repeats the accusation in “Mother Hubbard’s Tale”— Oh, grief of griefs! Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

“Old Mother Hubbard—she went to the cupboard,” sings Daisy gleefully. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z

Bowles was barred, for his Mother Hubbard roping threw the herd into a frenzy; so he saddled up for Brigham and let that doughty puncher drag out his mount. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z

If you were only dressed in old clothes, and Pomp was poor instead of sleek and fat, you would do for a Mother Hubbard. My Treasure 2011-05-03T02:00:14.307Z

In 1885, she published a very clever booklet entitled Who Was Old Mother Hubbard? Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z

The tale of "Old Mother Hubbard" is undoubtedly of some antiquity, were we merely to judge of the rhyme of laughing to coffin in the third verse. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z

His power over the heroic couplet or quatrain is shown in his fable, Mother Hubbard’s Tale, and in his curious verse memoir, Colin Clout; both of which are medleys of satire and flattery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z

Northbound from her knees was a pair o' bicycle trousers that disappeared when they come to the bottom of her Mother Hubbard. Gullible's Travels, Etc. 2011-02-06T03:00:55.707Z

Or else you are the real Mother Hubbard come to life again in a new style. My Treasure 2011-05-03T02:00:14.307Z

Firstly, Old Mother Hubbard was not a widow. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z

The rest is modern, and was added when Mother Hubbard was the first of a series of eighteen-penny books published by Harris. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z

Old Mother Hubbard was the first guest to come, and she brought a hamper with her full of presents. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z

“This room is as bare of evidence as Mother Hubbard’s cupboard.” The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z

It was bare even as Mother Hubbard's cupboard was bare. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile

In proof of this, we come, Secondly, to the word cupboard, as mentioned in the text,— "Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone." Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z

Gentleman long known in Commons as "Old Mother Hubbard" been translated, and will henceforward be known to history as Lord Addington. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. August 6, 1887.

Let's cut across the fields," she said, "past old Mother Hubbard's. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z

I made him "beg," "lie dead," like Mother Hubbard's immortal pet, and do everything a well-educated dog could be expected to do. Carrots: Just a Little Boy

The Chapter had the help of an older person in Mr. Andrews, who gave many hints, decided hard questions, and on the programme gave a talk on "Mother Hubbard." Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895

I said something of the sort to Mother Hubbard, who had now joined us, but she was doubtful. Windyridge

Peers of older creation, like Brabourne, shocked; whilst Old Mother Hubbard—only just picked up a bargain set of robes, nearly new—very uneasy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 20, 1887.

"I shall be jolly glad," said Cuthbert, "when we get to Uncle Joe's," and just then they passed Mother Hubbard's—a melancholy house standing by itself, with all its blinds and curtains drawn. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z

“I hope you are a witch, Mother Hubbard,” said Pratt, laughing. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One

It was none other than himself, his Royal Highness Michael Palanovitch, and this before him was his Honorable Hamper, but like old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard, it was entirely bare. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine

He professed an indifference which I am afraid he felt, and Mother Hubbard assured him over the dinner-table that there was not the slightest ground for anxiety. Windyridge

His mother's cupboard was never known to be in the condition of Old Mother Hubbard's, described in the nursery rhyme. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran

They had already forgotten old Mother Hubbard, and the next moment they forgot her still more; for just then there came clattering down the lane a young man on horseback, splashed to his eyes. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z

Richard rose, and returned the strong grasp; but before he could utter a word Pratt brought his hand down bang upon the table, exclaiming— “Mother Hubbard, by Jove!” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One

Someone has said that a dressing-sack is only a Mother Hubbard with a college education. Threads of Grey and Gold

I wrote a long, explanatory letter to the Cynic, an apologetic one to Rose, and a picture postcard, promising a longer communication, to Mother Hubbard, and then turned in and slept like a top. Windyridge

And going to the cupboard, like old Mother Hubbard, to get the poor dog a bone, Sprigg found there three ribs of a bear, and so the poor dog had plenty. The Red Moccasins A Story

It was perfectly true; the box was as empty as Mother Hubbard's famous cupboard. Under Padlock and Seal

It is the fact of their singing when the pie is opened that pleases the children—'twas the wonder of the thing; so with the freaks of Mother Hubbard's Dog, etc. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1

The women wore plain Mother Hubbard dresses and straw sailor hats, and the men gingham suits. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island

He stayed to dinner on his own invitation, and Mother Hubbard prepared one of her extra special Yorkshire puddings in his honour. Windyridge

And from this they took to calling her "Little Old Woman," and "Cobweb," and "Mother Hubbard," till none of them thought of her real name at all. Tales from Dickens

She was sweet, gentle, kind—a sort of Martian Old Mother Hubbard. One Martian Afternoon

My answer is:—"Old Mother Hubbard" has done more towards the education of young children than perhaps any piece of reading in existence. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1

There used to be an old, old lady who lived in a funny little house in the Notch; I always pretended she was old Mother Hubbard who lived in the cupboard. Highacres

As for Mother Hubbard, she is quite unconsciously a mixture of poet and prophet. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard," cried the hunchback, "set out your bones. Dwellers in the Hills

They tell me I raved one night and bellered for a rattle, and Scanlan made the nurse tell him all about Jack the Giant Killer and Old Mother Hubbard. Kid Scanlan

Feodor Wilkins started to his feet and blushed as an old, fat woman, wearing a Mother Hubbard of gross pattern, waddled toward the table. Melomaniacs

I ran three steps to baby's crib ... one on the corner of Little Jack Horner, one on the sheep of Little Bo Peep, one on the cupboard of Old Mother Hubbard. Sorry: Wrong Dimension

And there was Mother Hubbard, who had learned to lean upon me, and had yielded me so willingly to the more pressing duty. Windyridge

They like to dress up in the queer old clothes and play Cinderella, and Mother Hubbard, and Red Riding Hood. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad

Mother Hubbard was Tilly, her mother was the old woman who lived in a shoe. The Rainbow

Then the manner of dress seemed so strange, especially for the women; they wore a garment they call halicoes like the Mother Hubbard that we so much deride. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China

"Really," thought the disgusted Mrs. Wibberley-Stimpson, "Mother Hubbard's dog is a fool to her!" In Brief Authority

I have written this down with Mother Hubbard's assistance, and I required a little help from her at the time in the interpretation of it. Windyridge

When Blanche gets on her great-great-grandma Cushing’s cap and spectacles and long mits, she makes a very charming little Mother Hubbard. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad

"Wsssht!" she gasped, wiping her brow with the sleeve of her Mother Hubbard. David and the Phoenix

We will suppose the lines selected are— "Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard." Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young

I wonder if Old Mother Hubbard is at home. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades

Evidently Mother Hubbard had been up early and had worked with a will, and I was touched by this evidence of her faith, and glad that I had proved worthy of it. Windyridge

One rainy day they had been playing Mother Hubbard. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad

In the middle of the chamber a little hideous crone in a Mother Hubbard crouched over a saucepan, stirring it with a wooden spoon. David and the Phoenix

It combines with his delight in emblematic allegory happily enough, in most of these pieces except Mother Hubbard's Tale. A History of Elizabethan Literature

O Mother Hubbard! please let me play with your dog. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades

We have come to a convenient and economical arrangement by which we are to share supplies, Mother Hubbard being appointed cook, and I housemaid to the two establishments. Windyridge

There were nearly half of the leaves still on the tree in spite of its being winter and nearly every other tree in the woods was as bare as Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard. Shenanigans at Sugar Creek

Old Mother Hubbard She went to the cupboard, To find a nice bone for her dog. Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse

She kicked off her shoes and slid the stockings off her feet, then she slipped on her old Mother Hubbard. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

We've had a lovely dance, Mother Hubbard, and now I must hurry home. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades

Had the weather been wet Mother Hubbard's cherished desire to "take me across the moor" to Romanton would have had to be postponed indefinitely. Windyridge

The girl was bare-footed and wearing a dirty white sort of cotton gown of the modern Mother Hubbard type, that looked a good deal like a big gunny sack. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

"No," said Grace; "but she looks now like "Little Dame Crump, with her brand-new broom;" and no doubt Walter looks either like Mother Hubbard's dog, or—or I don't know what." An Arrow in a Sunbeam and Other Tales

The women have all taken to the Mother Hubbard, and the men wear trousers and singlets. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, To get the poor doggie a bone; But when she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor doggie had none. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades

It was good to lean back, my hand in Mother Hubbard's and my feet resting on the baskets in the bottom of the cart, and drink in sight and sound and crisp morning air. Windyridge

He wore a white dress of simple “Mother Hubbard” cut, the fulness hanging from a yoke, and ending just below his knees, in lace-edged frills. Patty's Friends

We think it looks as if he were laughing—like Mother Hubbard's dog, when she brought home his coffin, and he wasn't dead—but it really is only the shape of his jaw. Last Words A Final Collection of Stories

The two women sat and looked at him, Mrs Jervis in her black Mother Hubbard, placid and haughty, and Teresa, anxious to smile whenever she caught his eye, while the trader gossiped insufferably. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

Mother Hubbard has gone to the butcher's and she'll get you a bone, I'm sure. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades

Being my own employer, I stay on and make Mother Hubbard look worried. Windyridge

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone; But when she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To give her poor dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare. Bo-Peep Story Books

She wore but one garment, a Mother Hubbard of pink cotton, her feet were bare, and she was crowned with a wreath of white scented flowers. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

I am pleased to see you, Mother Hubbard. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades

Mother Hubbard, on the other hand, finds the explanation simple. Windyridge

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk

His Wife wore a red Mother Hubbard all during the Remainder of her Life. Fables in Slang

She slipped a dry Mother Hubbard over her head and, letting down the wet one, stepped out of it. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

First, the dear Old Woman who lives in the shoe— Mother Hubbard. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades

"Poor Barjona!" murmured Mother Hubbard, as we sauntered back to the cottage. Windyridge

And under similar circumstances it would be important to investigate the historical accuracy of Old Mother Hubbard or Jack and the Beanstalk. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative

Davy stole softly to the kitchen window and peeped in, and, as the Cow had said, Mother Hubbard was there, sitting at the piano, and evidently just preparing to sing. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

She wore a black Mother Hubbard, and its thinness showed her heavy breasts. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

I don't like cold lamb; Give me raspberry-jam:" But old Mother Hubbard said, "No! The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2

To add to my confusion, Mother Hubbard was manifestly excited when we went in to tea, and she telegraphed all sorts of meaning messages to Rose when the Cynic's back was turned. Windyridge

Most of them only wear a single ornament for a dress—a “Mother Hubbard” of cheap cotton print which they can buy for two pesetas at the Chino store. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia

Mother Hubbard was dressed, just as he expected, in a very ornamental flowered gown, with high-heeled shoes and buckles, and wore a tall pointed hat over her nightcap. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

Like all the natives she bathed in a Mother Hubbard, and the water had made it cling to her slight body. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor Dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor Dog had none. The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations

Mother Hubbard says it is my liver, and prescribes pills! Windyridge

At first came Parson Rook, With his spectacles and band; And one of Mother Hubbard's books He held within his hand. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk

And with this the Cow walked gravely away, just as Mother Hubbard made her appearance at the window. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

Lawson sat with his little dark-skinned boy on his knees, they had taken his English clothes off him and he was stark, with Ethel by his side in a Mother Hubbard. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

"I suppose you think yourself devilish sharp?" he said savagely; and Leander discovered that the cupboard was as bare as Mother Hubbard's! The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance

I looked at Mother Hubbard, who had sufficient sense of the appropriate to blush very becomingly. Windyridge

Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, To get her poor doggie a bone; When she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor doggie had none. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk

"Boy," said Mother Hubbard, beaming mildly upon Davy through her spectacles, "you shouldn't throw gravel." Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

Old Mother Hubbard she went to the cupboard, To get the poor dog a bone. A Apple Pie and Other Nursery Tales

The Scotch "Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe" is a sad jumble of "Old Mother Hubbard" and "Little Blue Betty." A History of Nursery Rhymes

Mother Hubbard's nods and winks became so alarmingly expressive, however, during the course of my speech, that I was in real danger of becoming confused, so I turned to our guest and extricated myself. Windyridge

You see, ladies and gentlemen," announced the suave magician, "this cabinet is bare; precisely like Mother Hubbard's immortal cupboard. The Governess

"Fie!" said Mother Hubbard, shaking her head; "always speak the truth." Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

Do not fancy you are thus left with nothing whatever to eat—like Mother Hubbard's unhappy dog. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture

Indeed, even the latter showed some signs of it, although the large shadow cast over her features by the hind side of her Mother Hubbard bonnet to some extent disguised them from the public view. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905

But Mother Hubbard planned a better way on her return, and contrived a simple and ingenious addition to the width of the bed by means of chairs and pillows, which served our purpose admirably. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard: "Let me see; I've had 'em—four girls and a half." The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy

"So I supposed," said Mother Hubbard, gently shaking her head again. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

“Well, you might go stay with my friend Old Mother Hubbard,” said Mother Goose. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

"And as to the other servants, why, there's an old person named Hubbard—Old Mother Hubbard, I call her—who is supposed to look after them." Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden

He grinned, and Mother Hubbard groaned; but before long we were sitting together in the garden, with the knitting needles making music as usual. Windyridge

With glasses, and an unbelted Mother Hubbard gown made out of antiqued gold cloth, she might have passed for a habitué of the pseudo-artistic colony that made its headquarters not far away from her domicile. Apron-Strings

Davy sat still for a moment, hoping that Mother Hubbard, or perhaps the dog, or even the cat, would appear, so that he might explain his story about the cab. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

And if the fried egg doesn’t go to sleep in the dish pan, so the knives and forks can’t play tag there, I’ll tell you next of Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

It'll show Thwicket that I'm as dry as Mother Hubbard's pantry, and when a man loses credit with his broker he might as well shut up shop. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life

But no such untoward event occurred, and my appetite enabled me to do full justice to Mother Hubbard's preparations. Windyridge

"The sheriff had all my dresses except a Mother Hubbard." The New Pun Book

He had been a dear old rector, rotund and pompous; and his surplice had been fully as long and voluminous as a Mother Hubbard nightie. The Brentons

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

Among the coloured picture series, the Old Mother Hubbard of 1793, with its contrast, Old Mother Hubbard of To-day, is very amusing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892

When Mother Hubbard told me that the children were to "sit up" at the chapel on Whit Sunday I stared at her without understanding. Windyridge

"Mother Hubbard's got a dumb chill," said the doctor; "she won't speak." Prudy Keeping House

Mother Hubbard, an old lady, whose whole time and attention were taken up by her dog, who was most willful; but the dame never lost her temper, or forgot her politeness. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3

He set the orange cake on the table, and the dog began to eat it, and Mother Hubbard also ate some, for she was hungry, too, and, what do you think? Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

Like Mother Hubbard she felt a little doubtful62 of her identity, as she noticed the admiring glances cast upon her by even the haughtiest of the freshmen. Betty Wales Senior

He did pretty well, I must admit, and when it was over Mother Hubbard, with a self-conscious cough, and a look that was eloquence itself, expressed her fixed determination to clear away without my help. Windyridge

"There's one thing about it," said Mother Hubbard, a little relieved; "it's sweet in the middle, and you needn't eat the bitter part, where it's burnt." Prudy Keeping House

OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor Dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor Dog had none. The Little Mother Goose

“Oh, see what we have done!” cried Mother Hubbard, sadly. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

Sue heard one or two people say, "Look at little Mother Hubbard." Sue, A Little Heroine

Mother Hubbard," I replied, "you are a hypocritical old humbug, and you are wanting to persuade Mr. Derwent that I am not domesticated, which is too bad of you. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard was heated, and tired, and hungry, and cross. Prudy Keeping House

Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1

I must see about getting Mother Hubbard and her dog something to eat. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

As he passed along, a frowzy woman in a Mother Hubbard greeted him from a verandah and asked him to enter. Civilization Tales of the Orient

"Really, love," said Mother Hubbard, who was almost in tears at the denseness of my intelligence, "I'm sure Mr. Derwent will understand my meaning." Windyridge

And as she had decided to call herself Mother Hubbard, she made an ample cap, by folding a "pillow-sham," and putting two of its ruffled edges around her face for a double border. Prudy Keeping House

This is the bone that Mother Hubbard went to look for, but failed to find. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls

“And isn’t there anything else in the house to eat, except a bone, Mother Hubbard?” the dog asked. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

A fat woman in a Mother Hubbard asking him how many bullocks had come in that day, and when they would be ready to kill and eat! Civilization Tales of the Orient

The address was tedious, like the prayer, but fortunately it was not long; then the preacher came in to tea, it being Mother Hubbard's turn to entertain him. Windyridge

All the afternoon Mother Hubbard spent between the cake-board and the mouth of the oven. Prudy Keeping House

Though she was chopping wood, and chopping it very well, though she wore what is sometimes called a Mother Hubbard wrapper and a stiff, clean blue-checked apron, she was not in the least a peasant. While Caroline Was Growing

“How would you like a piece of orange cake?” asked Uncle Wiggily, all of a sudden, as he walked in Mother Hubbard’s house. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

On the first page of this work appeared the text of Old Mother Hubbard written in the boy's large, childish, downhill hand with spelling of distinct originality. Where the Sun Swings North

Meanwhile Mother Hubbard, with some hesitation and many an apprehensive look ahead, told me something of his story. Windyridge

I'm afraid Mother Hubbard will charge me full price for your board. Prudy Keeping House

But when she went there, the cupboard was not exactly bare, like Mother Hubbard's, but something had happened. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm

“That is very kind of you,” said Mother Hubbard. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

It seemed that what women resided in Hazleton must invariably dress in Mother Hubbard gowns of cheap cotton print with other garments to match. North of Fifty-Three

Thoughts of Mother Hubbard's anxiety worried me a little, but I hoped she would realise that I had found shelter. Windyridge

After the most tiresome afternoon she had ever spent in her life, Mother Hubbard went down with Fly, whom she dared not leave by herself, to call her boarders to dinner. Prudy Keeping House

His cache was as bare as Mother Hubbard's cupboard—not even a bone; there was nothing but the reddened stones where the meat had lain, and a foul odor of Wolf. The Outcasts

For the raisin and plum cake was as good as the orange one Mother Hubbard and her dog had eaten. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

The drawings for Mother Hubbard are among Mr. Crane's most successful efforts. A Mother's List of Books for Children

Mother Hubbard regards him as a genius, but I doubt if he is anything more than an intelligent eccentric. Windyridge

"O, yes'm; I'd be delighted," replied Mother Hubbard, a smile lighting up her face even to the floury tip of her nose. Prudy Keeping House

For what he gazed upon was not the lovely Pinky of other days, but a very fat, untidy, ugly black woman in a calico Mother Hubbard dress. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates

Uncle Wiggily was going along past Old Mother Hubbard’s house, and past the place where Mother Goose lived, when, coming to a place near a big tree, Uncle Wiggily saw another house. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

"His name is Everychild, mother," he said, "and he's——" Old Mother Hubbard had removed her bonnet, which was a little affair of black velvet and jet ornaments. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

Despite the squire's protests I remained in my own cottage until the Monday when Mother Hubbard's frail body was laid to rest in the little graveyard. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard said nothing; but she thought she should relish a good dinner as well as her boarders. Prudy Keeping House

Mother Hubbard's dog was dressed in a suit of fine old-fashioned clothes, and held tightly between his teeth a very short stemmed pipe from which he puffed great clouds of smoke. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12

“I want to have more adventures, either with the friends of Old Mother Hubbard and Mother Goose, or with some of the animal or birds that live in the woods.” Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

Here Everychild managed to say, "I'll not be a bit of trouble, Mother Hubbard, and—and I'm very glad to meet you." Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

Mother Hubbard took her seat at the table, and I sat next to Widow Smithies, who moved up to make room for me. Windyridge

"So I shan't have to cook but one meal more, and that will be breakfast," thought Mother Hubbard, her tired heart leaping up with something like joy. Prudy Keeping House

This placed at the hem, of course, and the top is gathered in Mother Hubbard style into a neck band edged with a little frill. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada

"Well if you can enact Mother Hubbard and 'give a poor dog a bone,' I shall be thankful, — for anything." Hills of the Shatemuc

Still, he was trying to smile, as if to convey the idea that Old Mother Hubbard must be joking, of course. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

I am glad he is better, for I cannot be with him as much as I should if Mother Hubbard did not claim my devotion. Windyridge

"All the mistakes are owing to the eccentricity of genius," said the doctor, bowing to Mother Hubbard. Prudy Keeping House

The old nurse's cap and spectacles were, with a peaked hat, the salient points of a "Mother Hubbard." Bluebell A Novel

Mother Hubbard's department was in the same spare and thoroughly kept style; and Rufus came back thoughtfully to his seat before the fire. Hills of the Shatemuc

And then the front door was opened briskly and Old Mother Hubbard entered the room. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

I suppose if anyone were to read what I have written thus far they would guess the truth—that my dear old Mother Hubbard has been taken from me. Windyridge

"I'll take you," said Mother Hubbard, putting her handkerchief to her face. Prudy Keeping House

Supper was brought in by a Chinese cook in a pigtail, wooden shoes, and a blue Mother Hubbard, Choo Loo by name. Clover

"I am afraid Mother Hubbard's shelves are in classical order —that is, with nothing on them." Hills of the Shatemuc

"And so this is where Old Mother Hubbard lives," he said, looking about him with new interest. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

Philip," I said, and I know the tears filled my eyes, "the sight of the cottage brings back to me sweet memories of dear old Mother Hubbard. Windyridge

He had not crossed the hall before Mother Hubbard entered the parlor, dragging Fly, who was pinned to her skirts. Prudy Keeping House

Then he translated Bellay his Ruins of Rome; His most unfortunate Work was that of Mother Hubbard's Tale, giving therein offence to one in authority, who afterwards stuck on his skirts. The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687)

That one little attic room of his and that closet which was at once Mother Hubbard's cupboard and his clothes press, could never do anything for the comfort of his little sister. Hills of the Shatemuc

"Is it, indeed!" exclaimed Old Mother Hubbard icily. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

How could I end it better than with Mother Hubbard's blessing? Windyridge

"How awful for her to come here!" thought Mother Hubbard, stealing a timid glance at the lady's ermine muff. Prudy Keeping House

The barking of the dog had awakened a bowed old Mother Hubbard lady. Out To Win The Story of America in France

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone; But when she got there the cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917

But Old Mother Hubbard only regarded him blankly, as if there had been no interruption, and then she proceeded. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

A bedroom, of ample size for one woman of modest requirements, opened out of the kitchen, and I saw at a glance that I might have as cosy a home as Mother Hubbard herself. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard took off the cover and peeped in. Prudy Keeping House

But, like Mother Hubbard's cupboard, the kitchen was bare, and no soul was to be found in the laundry, the pantry or, in fact, anywhere throughout the basement region. Martha By-the-Day

To which the crone, with a high-cauled cap, resembling Mother Hubbard, responded with a courtesy and 'Yes,'m.' Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh

In another place there was the interior of Old Mother Hubbard's cottage, with the little black dog just receiving a fine morsel, and with Tom and his mother looking on with great joy. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

First of all I attended to household duties under the keen but kindly supervision of Mother Hubbard, and acquitted myself fairly well. Windyridge

Well, yes, Mother Hubbard; it's apt to catch fine ladies. Prudy Keeping House

I guess it's Mother Hubbard's cupboard, it looks bare enough. Jimmy, Lucy, and All

Oh! it's you, is it?' she cried as Mother Hubbard appeared at the door. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh

Another showed Old Mother Hubbard standing before a cupboard and looking into it intently. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

Mother Hubbard was delighted to be able to help in this department, and between us we finished them yesterday, and with Ginty's assistance I have hung them to-day! Windyridge

"Let's all go down and see," said Mother Hubbard. Prudy Keeping House

Her chin was square and pointed upward like old Mother Hubbard's, and she could talk of batter-cakes or home rule with humorous volubility, and smoke a pipe with the manner of a condescending duchess. Katrine

They looked at my father's creaking doctor's sign, and sang, "Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen

When they had all disappeared, Truth moved along to the next curtain, on which a portrait of Old Mother Hubbard was painted. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

Mother Hubbard was in excellent trim, and I am beginning to think that there must be a good deal of reserve force in her delicate-looking little body. Windyridge

"Thank you ever so much," replied Mother Hubbard, bobbing her head, while the "pillow-sham" ruffles waved this way and that, like a field of ripe grain. Prudy Keeping House

A long story—and not as entertaining as Mother Hubbard. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)

It was impossible to pass through their ranks, and he hadn't even the satisfaction of making a fat bull pay tribute to his Mother Hubbard cupboard. The New North

She called out commandingly, "Old Mother Hubbard, appear!" Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

"What was it, love?" inquired Mother Hubbard, who had been aroused by my screams and was genuinely alarmed. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard began to look about her with the mien of a housekeeper. Prudy Keeping House

She was clad in a sombre calico Mother Hubbard, of Miss Mehitable's painstaking manufacture, and hopping back and forth on the bare floor of her room at Miss Evelina's. A Spinner in the Sun

My "cupboard" proved to be in the state of the luckless "Mother Hubbard's"—nothing of the kind could I find but a bottle of orange shrub. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest

She had scarcely finished speaking when Old Mother Hubbard cried out in broken tones: "Give me his dog!" Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

Mother Hubbard put an arm around my waist and looked questioningly into my eyes, her own being bright with tears. Windyridge

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, and got a goblet for the lady; to the closet, and found a rag for the baby. Prudy Keeping House

I suppose it was the largest shed in the world, and it was certainly the biggest store-cupboard ever kept under lock and key by a Mother Hubbard with a lot of hungry boys to feed. The Soul of the War

The woman was looking down at the child, her eyes softer than they had been, and the child was lying on its back and playing with her Mother Hubbard. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921

Old Mother Hubbard following them with the greatest haste. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old

"Yes, love," said Mother Hubbard, but I doubt if she understood. Windyridge

"I thought you were the 'Man in the Moon,'" said Mother Hubbard, "and he isn't married." Prudy Keeping House

Most of the women held rosaries, and a few of them, bent with age, carried upon their heads the very cap that old Mother Hubbard wore, if tradition and English artists are to be trusted. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine

From this prompting came the illustration of Mother Hubbard. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life.

"Oh, Katherine, have you heard the news?" cried Mrs. Burton, who was knitting stockings and reciting "Old Mother Hubbard" between whiles to the twins. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods

"That is just like Barjona, love," Mother Hubbard whispered; "he has never a good word for the women." Windyridge

"The man in the Moon, if you please, Mother Hubbard, come down to inquire the way to Norridge." Prudy Keeping House

Did little maidens' hearts beat the same under pearl-embroidered bodices as they do under Mother Hubbard cloaks? Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

So then came "Mother Hubbard and her Dog"—the slow old lady and the knowing beast that was always getting one step ahead of her. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life.

"That is not the best part of the news by any means," returned Mrs. Burton, giving Lotta a little shake to silence the demand for more of "Mother Hubbard". A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods

I would have given much to have been sitting by Mother Hubbard's side, listening to the click of the needles, but I was indeed thankful that she had not accompanied me. Windyridge

"You poor dear girl," said Mother Hubbard, going up to her, and taking her hand. Prudy Keeping House

Mother Hubbard's dog is well again - what did I tell you? Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2

This is what happened in the case of "Old Mother Hubbard" as will readily be seen by examining the meter of the various verses. The Chinese Boy and Girl

"You said that last year, and by April my preserve cupboard looked like Old Mother Hubbard's." Fanny Herself

Mother Hubbard came in, too, and added her entreaties to my commands; and after a while she became calmer, and then the whole story came out. Windyridge

Dr. Moonshine," replied Mother Hubbard, nervously, "I can't help it if the butter does melt. Prudy Keeping House

She was dressed usually in a pink Mother Hubbard, and she wore all day long a large straw hat. Moon and Sixpence

The original "Mother Hubbard" consisted of nothing more than the first six lines which contain three rhymes. The Chinese Boy and Girl

There was one appalling night when the treasury was entirely depleted, and the larder was a veritable Mother Hubbard's cupboard. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley

Mother Hubbard looks upon me with loving envy and sighs for the days that are beyond recall. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard had never dreamed a boarder could be so disagreeable. Prudy Keeping House

The difference between the story of where babies come from and the story of Santa Claus or Mother Hubbard is a very important one. Your Child: Today and Tomorrow

You remember old Mother Hubbard in our house at school? Mr. Justice Raffles

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard To get her poor dog a bone; When she got there The Cupboard wan bare. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870

More often I bring out the deck-chair, which is one of my luxuries, and sit in front of the cottage with Mother Hubbard as a companion. Windyridge

"There," said Mother Hubbard, taking off her spectacles; "now I can cook." Prudy Keeping House

Just now Miss Sadie Reid is fidgeting nervously with a gold and pearl card case held within her primrose kids, that are peeping through the outlets of her brocaded Mother Hubbard dolman. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense

If you want to wear a Mother Hubbard dress on the throne during hot weather, or mash a mosquito with your mother's sceptre, do so. Remarks

Then there was a scramble for the glass and the dresser, and Dolly's voice was heard screaming: 'Now then, Mother Hubbard, have you the sweet-stuff I told you to get? A Mummer's Wife

We have had our promised holiday, Mother Hubbard and I, and a right royal one. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard did her blundering best; but ill luck seemed to pursue the cooking. Prudy Keeping House

But these two women rose and went to the dining-room as mechanically as though they had just been discussing the last "poke" bonnet or Mother Hubbard mantle, in the most usual way imaginable. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense

How the cheeks of strong men had blanched and the Goddess of Liberty felt for her back hair and exchanged her Mother Hubbard dress for a new cast-iron panoply of war and Roman hay knife. Remarks

This was the beginning of my being called Old Woman, and Mother Hubbard, and Dame Durden, and so many names of that sort, that my own soon became quite lost. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction

Mother Hubbard would occupy the morning in preparing the great dinner, and from these preparations I was to be rigorously excluded. Windyridge

Then she called the children; and Mother Hubbard and Lady Magnifico rushed in, followed by the Man in the Moon and his baby. Prudy Keeping House

These lines are certainly meant to reflect on Burleigh for neglecting him, and the Lord Treasurer afterwards conceived a hatred towards him for the satire he apprehended was levelled at him in Mother Hubbard's Tale. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I.

Nothing looks more untidy than a fat king milking a bobtail cow in a Mother Hubbard robe trimmed with imitation ermine. Remarks

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone; But when she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Literature

The kitchen was almost a duplicate of Mother Hubbard's, but longer. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard blushed to her cap-border, and took the book with another "Thank you ever so much," but did not know what else to say to such a dignified woman. Prudy Keeping House

Mother Hubbard's cupboard when she went to seek the bone was not more empty. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come

Well, instead of being a fine Colorado Claro with a high-priced wrapper, they are common Mexicano stinkaros in a Mother Hubbard wrapper. Remarks

On Sunday morning Farrar happened to be the first cook to go out for things for breakfast, and he found that the door had been broken open and the shelves as bare as Mother Hubbard's. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888

Mother Hubbard composed herself to sleep again; and in order to prevent a repetition of my unhappy experience I got my books and proceeded to do my accounts. Windyridge

Come, Mother Hubbard, have you seen all there is in the cupboard? Prudy Keeping House

The nightgown or Mother Hubbard of Connecticut became the proper female attire for natives in the house of God, and thus, by gradual establishment of a fashion, in their straw homes, and everywhere. Nonsenseorship

She asked herself whether a man of that type, young, amazingly handsome, would ever send such a glance to Mother Hubbard. December Love

Then I made a Mother Hubbard apron of white paper-cambric, also very stiff and shiny, putting a big full ruche of the cambric around neck, yoke, and bottom of sleeves. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888

Mother Hubbard and I had been invited to step into the parlour, but preferred the more homely atmosphere of the kitchen, so we took our seats on the settle, opposite to that occupied by Grandpa. Windyridge

"I was only thinking," continued the doctor, with a side glance at Mother Hubbard, "how nice a peanut would be to keep anybody from fainting away." Prudy Keeping House

From this prompting came the Illustration of Mother Hubbard. The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales

And she saw herself as Mother Hubbard, a "dame." December Love

His black eyes were flashing underneath his gray brows, and he presented a fierce aspect despite his gown, which resembled a Mother Hubbard, and his slippers, which flapped as he walked. The Net

He shook hands with me, after Mother Hubbard had performed the ceremony of introduction, and I can feel the warmth of his greeting in my right hand yet. Windyridge

"Only there isn't any coffee," said Mother Hubbard, going to the cupboard. Prudy Keeping House

So then came "Mother Hubbard and her dog,"—the slow old lady and the knowing beast that was always getting one step ahead of her. The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales

Santa Claus lives there all alone, except for old Mother Hubbard, who cooks the meals for him; and her cupboard is never bare now, I can promise you! Mother Goose in Prose

"Well, no; I don't think I could," he replied; "I don't think I'd look any better in a Mother Hubbard or a kimono." Miss Minerva and William Green Hill

I almost regretted that I had felt it necessary to explain the situation to him when I heard his hearty and somewhat patronising laugh, but Mother Hubbard's previous treatment had emboldened me. Windyridge

Mrs. Fixfax allowed herself to smile this time, as her eye rested on the Mother Hubbard cap. Prudy Keeping House

There was nothing there, either, except a bin, as innocent of coal as Mother Hubbard's cupboard was of food. The Exploits of Elaine

So, after Mother Hubbard had given me a good meal of turnips and sliced cabbage, Santa Claus put the magic collar around my neck and I started for home. Mother Goose in Prose

Verity is occasionally like the renowned Mother Hubbard, her cupboard is bare. Herb of Grace

My studio is complete at last, and I have already had one customer, not counting Mother Hubbard, who had the privilege of performing the opening ceremony, and who was my first sitter. Windyridge

And that Mother Hubbard you are wearing went out ten years ago. Sixes and Sevens

Old Mother Hubbard was boosting me to beat the band as a genuine Pomeranian-Hambletonian-Red-Irish-Cochin-China-Stoke-Pogis fox terrier. The Four Million

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1

Mr. Raeburn is curiously like the celebrated dog of nursery lore, who appertained to the ancient and far-famed Mother Hubbard. We Two, a novel

Mother Hubbard ventured to surmise that it was the fox which had been captured and not the husband, and Mr. Higgins acquiesced. Windyridge

"From 'old Mother Hubbard,'" thought young Van Horne; but he merely bowed. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1

"You will have to have luncheon sent in, Jimmy; nobody has ordered anything from the shops, and I feel like old Mother Hubbard." When a Man Marries

After this memorable event, I went to the hatter's, and the bootmaker's, and the hosier's, and felt rather like Mother Hubbard's dog whose outfit required the services of so many trades. Great Expectations

"My prudent Mother Hubbard, why not?" he said to me when he wanted, without the least consideration, to bestow five pounds on the brickmaker. Bleak House

I had tea with him and the Cynic on Sunday afternoon when some of her chapel friends were keeping Mother Hubbard company. Windyridge

It is not," said Mother Hubbard calmly and with firmness; "your father would have told you so. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard did not go to chapel on the Sunday, but on the Thursday she expressed her fixed determination to take her class. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard broke the silence, as she sank back into her seat with a little sigh, and when I sat down Webster drove slowly on. Windyridge

Mother Hubbard shook her head and pointed to the moors. Windyridge

There is no other Mother Hubbard here, and how much she will be missed when trouble sits by the hearths of the people only time can make known. Windyridge

She paused, and the women, unaccustomed to self-control, were sobbing audibly into their handkerchiefs, and Mother Hubbard noticed it. Windyridge

Only Mother Hubbard herself is cheerful, and as her physical strength decreases she appears to gain self-possession and mental vigour. Windyridge

Ah, but, dear Mother Hubbard," I said, "the heather bells cannot help their imperfections. Windyridge

Meantime the village is affording me further opportunities of studying Mother Hubbard's theories of human nature and discovering the germ of goodness in things evil. Windyridge

Then he turned to Mother Hubbard: "Thank you, thank you much," he said; "I shall not forget your parable of the heather." Windyridge

I could see that reluctance struggled with desire, but Mother Hubbard's added entreaties turned the scale, and he removed his soaking overcoat with many apologies for the trouble he was causing. Windyridge

"It was trouble that aged him, Joe," broke in Mother Hubbard's gentle voice; "the good Lord overrules all things for good, but it was you who brought his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave." Windyridge

Mother Hubbard put on her glasses and looked at him with a new interest, and removed them again in a minute or two as if satisfied. Windyridge

He shook Mother Hubbard's hand, bowed to me, and stepped out into the rain; and I watched him walk briskly forward until the mist swallowed him up. Windyridge

单词	Mother Hubbard
例句	Mother Hubbard After this memorable event, I went to the hatter’s, and the bootmaker’s, and the hosier’s, and felt rather like Mother Hubbard’s dog whose outfit required the services of so many trades. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I’m awfully busy, but so was Mother Hubbard. On the Runway Blog: Fashion Week: @whatdidIjustsee 2011-09-09T02:42:57Z We may be forced to live like Mother Hubbard. Trump Ignores Climate Change. That’s Very Bad for Disaster Planners. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The Times quoted a few letters: one requested “a big wagon—not so very big—four wheels, two packs pop-crackers, a Mother Hubbard book.” This Is How Letters to Santa Were First Delivered by the U.S. Mail 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z To many, “Old Mother Hubbard” is not a mother at all—nor a woman. The Dark Origins of 11 Classic Nursery Rhymes 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Once a week, he volunteers at Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, which provides food to local families in need. Elderly men create own ‘retirement home’ in Bloomington 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z “I don’t see how you ever keep your hair in curl. And that Mother Hubbard you are wearing went out 10 years ago.” Building Blocks: A Gilded Goddess Would Rather Be in Philadelphia 2014-01-22T17:04:02Z Maybe swap your old newsboy cap for a short-brimmed straw fedora; your Mother Hubbard dress for something that says Tory Burch. Retirement Relevance: 8 Ways to Stay Hip Without Embarrassing Yourself 2013-07-22T16:40:28Z I suffer pangs, sir, in serving gents with such slops, et cetera, but cupboard is bare, sir, to quote classic of Mother Hubbard; all I can provide for sustenance is cassava bread, beans, and bovril. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Suppose, if you will, that Smith, Brown & Jones are having a special sale of Mother Hubbard wrappers. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z Mother Hubbard's old dog Tray, If this account be true, Had not an equal, I dare say, Come tell me, what think you? The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z Each of these illustrations could be covered with a quartet of our postage stamps and only those for "Mother Hubbard," which are droll and tender, possess more than an antiquarian interest. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z Besides he had to go out to get supplies for his larder, at present as bare as Mother Hubbard’s. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The windows lacked curtains, the girls had only one fork, and their cupboard was so distressingly empty that it rivaled Mother Hubbard's. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z Manifestly, it is up to R. H. Macy & Company to sell the same quality of Mother Hubbard for less than $3.79, if they are to live up to their oft-stated policy. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z Now, that this "poor dog" of a husband was an ogre is abundantly proved by the fact that Mother Hubbard provided for him bones. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z "We'll have the tableaux Black Prince, Joan of Arc, and Mother Hubbard, if mother will lend us the finery, and Sal will advise us what to do." Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z “Do you really want to see Mother Hubbard’s dog, little girl?” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z We were only a few steps from the studio and we all bundled in—but in the confusion Milly had dropped her candle, and the light Mother Hubbard wrapper was all in a blaze. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z It is then matched as closely as possible with a Mother Hubbard from the Macy stock, and the two garments compared, point by point. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z Fourthly and lastly, it is clear from the words "poor dog," that the ogre was poor, but not Mother Hubbard. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z And he repeats the accusation in “Mother Hubbard’s Tale”— Oh, grief of griefs! Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z “Old Mother Hubbard—she went to the cupboard,” sings Daisy gleefully. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z Bowles was barred, for his Mother Hubbard roping threw the herd into a frenzy; so he saddled up for Brigham and let that doughty puncher drag out his mount. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z If you were only dressed in old clothes, and Pomp was poor instead of sleek and fat, you would do for a Mother Hubbard. My Treasure 2011-05-03T02:00:14.307Z In 1885, she published a very clever booklet entitled Who Was Old Mother Hubbard? Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z The tale of "Old Mother Hubbard" is undoubtedly of some antiquity, were we merely to judge of the rhyme of laughing to coffin in the third verse. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z His power over the heroic couplet or quatrain is shown in his fable, Mother Hubbard’s Tale, and in his curious verse memoir, Colin Clout; both of which are medleys of satire and flattery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Northbound from her knees was a pair o' bicycle trousers that disappeared when they come to the bottom of her Mother Hubbard. Gullible's Travels, Etc. 2011-02-06T03:00:55.707Z Or else you are the real Mother Hubbard come to life again in a new style. My Treasure 2011-05-03T02:00:14.307Z Firstly, Old Mother Hubbard was not a widow. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z The rest is modern, and was added when Mother Hubbard was the first of a series of eighteen-penny books published by Harris. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Old Mother Hubbard was the first guest to come, and she brought a hamper with her full of presents. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z “This room is as bare of evidence as Mother Hubbard’s cupboard.” The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z It was bare even as Mother Hubbard's cupboard was bare. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile In proof of this, we come, Secondly, to the word cupboard, as mentioned in the text,— "Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone." Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z Gentleman long known in Commons as "Old Mother Hubbard" been translated, and will henceforward be known to history as Lord Addington. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. August 6, 1887. Let's cut across the fields," she said, "past old Mother Hubbard's. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z I made him "beg," "lie dead," like Mother Hubbard's immortal pet, and do everything a well-educated dog could be expected to do. Carrots: Just a Little Boy The Chapter had the help of an older person in Mr. Andrews, who gave many hints, decided hard questions, and on the programme gave a talk on "Mother Hubbard." Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 I said something of the sort to Mother Hubbard, who had now joined us, but she was doubtful. Windyridge Peers of older creation, like Brabourne, shocked; whilst Old Mother Hubbard—only just picked up a bargain set of robes, nearly new—very uneasy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 20, 1887. "I shall be jolly glad," said Cuthbert, "when we get to Uncle Joe's," and just then they passed Mother Hubbard's—a melancholy house standing by itself, with all its blinds and curtains drawn. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z “I hope you are a witch, Mother Hubbard,” said Pratt, laughing. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One It was none other than himself, his Royal Highness Michael Palanovitch, and this before him was his Honorable Hamper, but like old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard, it was entirely bare. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine He professed an indifference which I am afraid he felt, and Mother Hubbard assured him over the dinner-table that there was not the slightest ground for anxiety. Windyridge His mother's cupboard was never known to be in the condition of Old Mother Hubbard's, described in the nursery rhyme. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran They had already forgotten old Mother Hubbard, and the next moment they forgot her still more; for just then there came clattering down the lane a young man on horseback, splashed to his eyes. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z Richard rose, and returned the strong grasp; but before he could utter a word Pratt brought his hand down bang upon the table, exclaiming— “Mother Hubbard, by Jove!” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One Someone has said that a dressing-sack is only a Mother Hubbard with a college education. Threads of Grey and Gold I wrote a long, explanatory letter to the Cynic, an apologetic one to Rose, and a picture postcard, promising a longer communication, to Mother Hubbard, and then turned in and slept like a top. Windyridge And going to the cupboard, like old Mother Hubbard, to get the poor dog a bone, Sprigg found there three ribs of a bear, and so the poor dog had plenty. The Red Moccasins A Story It was perfectly true; the box was as empty as Mother Hubbard's famous cupboard. Under Padlock and Seal It is the fact of their singing when the pie is opened that pleases the children—'twas the wonder of the thing; so with the freaks of Mother Hubbard's Dog, etc. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 The women wore plain Mother Hubbard dresses and straw sailor hats, and the men gingham suits. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island He stayed to dinner on his own invitation, and Mother Hubbard prepared one of her extra special Yorkshire puddings in his honour. Windyridge And from this they took to calling her "Little Old Woman," and "Cobweb," and "Mother Hubbard," till none of them thought of her real name at all. Tales from Dickens She was sweet, gentle, kind—a sort of Martian Old Mother Hubbard. One Martian Afternoon My answer is:—"Old Mother Hubbard" has done more towards the education of young children than perhaps any piece of reading in existence. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 There used to be an old, old lady who lived in a funny little house in the Notch; I always pretended she was old Mother Hubbard who lived in the cupboard. Highacres As for Mother Hubbard, she is quite unconsciously a mixture of poet and prophet. Windyridge Mother Hubbard," cried the hunchback, "set out your bones. Dwellers in the Hills They tell me I raved one night and bellered for a rattle, and Scanlan made the nurse tell him all about Jack the Giant Killer and Old Mother Hubbard. Kid Scanlan Feodor Wilkins started to his feet and blushed as an old, fat woman, wearing a Mother Hubbard of gross pattern, waddled toward the table. Melomaniacs I ran three steps to baby's crib ... one on the corner of Little Jack Horner, one on the sheep of Little Bo Peep, one on the cupboard of Old Mother Hubbard. Sorry: Wrong Dimension And there was Mother Hubbard, who had learned to lean upon me, and had yielded me so willingly to the more pressing duty. Windyridge They like to dress up in the queer old clothes and play Cinderella, and Mother Hubbard, and Red Riding Hood. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Mother Hubbard was Tilly, her mother was the old woman who lived in a shoe. The Rainbow Then the manner of dress seemed so strange, especially for the women; they wore a garment they call halicoes like the Mother Hubbard that we so much deride. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China "Really," thought the disgusted Mrs. Wibberley-Stimpson, "Mother Hubbard's dog is a fool to her!" In Brief Authority I have written this down with Mother Hubbard's assistance, and I required a little help from her at the time in the interpretation of it. Windyridge When Blanche gets on her great-great-grandma Cushing’s cap and spectacles and long mits, she makes a very charming little Mother Hubbard. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad "Wsssht!" she gasped, wiping her brow with the sleeve of her Mother Hubbard. David and the Phoenix We will suppose the lines selected are— "Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard." Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young I wonder if Old Mother Hubbard is at home. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades Evidently Mother Hubbard had been up early and had worked with a will, and I was touched by this evidence of her faith, and glad that I had proved worthy of it. Windyridge One rainy day they had been playing Mother Hubbard. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad In the middle of the chamber a little hideous crone in a Mother Hubbard crouched over a saucepan, stirring it with a wooden spoon. David and the Phoenix It combines with his delight in emblematic allegory happily enough, in most of these pieces except Mother Hubbard's Tale. A History of Elizabethan Literature O Mother Hubbard! please let me play with your dog. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades We have come to a convenient and economical arrangement by which we are to share supplies, Mother Hubbard being appointed cook, and I housemaid to the two establishments. Windyridge There were nearly half of the leaves still on the tree in spite of its being winter and nearly every other tree in the woods was as bare as Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard. Shenanigans at Sugar Creek Old Mother Hubbard She went to the cupboard, To find a nice bone for her dog. Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse She kicked off her shoes and slid the stockings off her feet, then she slipped on her old Mother Hubbard. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands We've had a lovely dance, Mother Hubbard, and now I must hurry home. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades Had the weather been wet Mother Hubbard's cherished desire to "take me across the moor" to Romanton would have had to be postponed indefinitely. Windyridge The girl was bare-footed and wearing a dirty white sort of cotton gown of the modern Mother Hubbard type, that looked a good deal like a big gunny sack. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 "No," said Grace; "but she looks now like "Little Dame Crump, with her brand-new broom;" and no doubt Walter looks either like Mother Hubbard's dog, or—or I don't know what." An Arrow in a Sunbeam and Other Tales The women have all taken to the Mother Hubbard, and the men wear trousers and singlets. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, To get the poor doggie a bone; But when she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor doggie had none. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades It was good to lean back, my hand in Mother Hubbard's and my feet resting on the baskets in the bottom of the cart, and drink in sight and sound and crisp morning air. Windyridge He wore a white dress of simple “Mother Hubbard” cut, the fulness hanging from a yoke, and ending just below his knees, in lace-edged frills. Patty's Friends We think it looks as if he were laughing—like Mother Hubbard's dog, when she brought home his coffin, and he wasn't dead—but it really is only the shape of his jaw. Last Words A Final Collection of Stories The two women sat and looked at him, Mrs Jervis in her black Mother Hubbard, placid and haughty, and Teresa, anxious to smile whenever she caught his eye, while the trader gossiped insufferably. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Mother Hubbard has gone to the butcher's and she'll get you a bone, I'm sure. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades Being my own employer, I stay on and make Mother Hubbard look worried. Windyridge Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone; But when she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To give her poor dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare. Bo-Peep Story Books She wore but one garment, a Mother Hubbard of pink cotton, her feet were bare, and she was crowned with a wreath of white scented flowers. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands I am pleased to see you, Mother Hubbard. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades Mother Hubbard, on the other hand, finds the explanation simple. Windyridge Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk His Wife wore a red Mother Hubbard all during the Remainder of her Life. Fables in Slang She slipped a dry Mother Hubbard over her head and, letting down the wet one, stepped out of it. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands First, the dear Old Woman who lives in the shoe— Mother Hubbard. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades "Poor Barjona!" murmured Mother Hubbard, as we sauntered back to the cottage. Windyridge And under similar circumstances it would be important to investigate the historical accuracy of Old Mother Hubbard or Jack and the Beanstalk. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative Davy stole softly to the kitchen window and peeped in, and, as the Cow had said, Mother Hubbard was there, sitting at the piano, and evidently just preparing to sing. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' She wore a black Mother Hubbard, and its thinness showed her heavy breasts. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands I don't like cold lamb; Give me raspberry-jam:" But old Mother Hubbard said, "No! The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2 To add to my confusion, Mother Hubbard was manifestly excited when we went in to tea, and she telegraphed all sorts of meaning messages to Rose when the Cynic's back was turned. Windyridge Most of them only wear a single ornament for a dress—a “Mother Hubbard” of cheap cotton print which they can buy for two pesetas at the Chino store. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Mother Hubbard was dressed, just as he expected, in a very ornamental flowered gown, with high-heeled shoes and buckles, and wore a tall pointed hat over her nightcap. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' Like all the natives she bathed in a Mother Hubbard, and the water had made it cling to her slight body. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor Dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor Dog had none. The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations Mother Hubbard says it is my liver, and prescribes pills! Windyridge At first came Parson Rook, With his spectacles and band; And one of Mother Hubbard's books He held within his hand. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk And with this the Cow walked gravely away, just as Mother Hubbard made her appearance at the window. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' Lawson sat with his little dark-skinned boy on his knees, they had taken his English clothes off him and he was stark, with Ethel by his side in a Mother Hubbard. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands "I suppose you think yourself devilish sharp?" he said savagely; and Leander discovered that the cupboard was as bare as Mother Hubbard's! The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance I looked at Mother Hubbard, who had sufficient sense of the appropriate to blush very becomingly. Windyridge Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, To get her poor doggie a bone; When she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor doggie had none. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk "Boy," said Mother Hubbard, beaming mildly upon Davy through her spectacles, "you shouldn't throw gravel." Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' Old Mother Hubbard she went to the cupboard, To get the poor dog a bone. A Apple Pie and Other Nursery Tales The Scotch "Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe" is a sad jumble of "Old Mother Hubbard" and "Little Blue Betty." A History of Nursery Rhymes Mother Hubbard's nods and winks became so alarmingly expressive, however, during the course of my speech, that I was in real danger of becoming confused, so I turned to our guest and extricated myself. Windyridge You see, ladies and gentlemen," announced the suave magician, "this cabinet is bare; precisely like Mother Hubbard's immortal cupboard. The Governess "Fie!" said Mother Hubbard, shaking her head; "always speak the truth." Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' Do not fancy you are thus left with nothing whatever to eat—like Mother Hubbard's unhappy dog. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Indeed, even the latter showed some signs of it, although the large shadow cast over her features by the hind side of her Mother Hubbard bonnet to some extent disguised them from the public view. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 But Mother Hubbard planned a better way on her return, and contrived a simple and ingenious addition to the width of the bed by means of chairs and pillows, which served our purpose admirably. Windyridge Mother Hubbard: "Let me see; I've had 'em—four girls and a half." The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy "So I supposed," said Mother Hubbard, gently shaking her head again. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' “Well, you might go stay with my friend Old Mother Hubbard,” said Mother Goose. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters "And as to the other servants, why, there's an old person named Hubbard—Old Mother Hubbard, I call her—who is supposed to look after them." Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden He grinned, and Mother Hubbard groaned; but before long we were sitting together in the garden, with the knitting needles making music as usual. Windyridge With glasses, and an unbelted Mother Hubbard gown made out of antiqued gold cloth, she might have passed for a habitué of the pseudo-artistic colony that made its headquarters not far away from her domicile. Apron-Strings Davy sat still for a moment, hoping that Mother Hubbard, or perhaps the dog, or even the cat, would appear, so that he might explain his story about the cab. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' And if the fried egg doesn’t go to sleep in the dish pan, so the knives and forks can’t play tag there, I’ll tell you next of Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters It'll show Thwicket that I'm as dry as Mother Hubbard's pantry, and when a man loses credit with his broker he might as well shut up shop. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life But no such untoward event occurred, and my appetite enabled me to do full justice to Mother Hubbard's preparations. Windyridge "The sheriff had all my dresses except a Mother Hubbard." The New Pun Book He had been a dear old rector, rotund and pompous; and his surplice had been fully as long and voluminous as a Mother Hubbard nightie. The Brentons Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters Among the coloured picture series, the Old Mother Hubbard of 1793, with its contrast, Old Mother Hubbard of To-day, is very amusing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 When Mother Hubbard told me that the children were to "sit up" at the chapel on Whit Sunday I stared at her without understanding. Windyridge "Mother Hubbard's got a dumb chill," said the doctor; "she won't speak." Prudy Keeping House Mother Hubbard, an old lady, whose whole time and attention were taken up by her dog, who was most willful; but the dame never lost her temper, or forgot her politeness. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 He set the orange cake on the table, and the dog began to eat it, and Mother Hubbard also ate some, for she was hungry, too, and, what do you think? Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters Like Mother Hubbard she felt a little doubtful62 of her identity, as she noticed the admiring glances cast upon her by even the haughtiest of the freshmen. Betty Wales Senior He did pretty well, I must admit, and when it was over Mother Hubbard, with a self-conscious cough, and a look that was eloquence itself, expressed her fixed determination to clear away without my help. Windyridge "There's one thing about it," said Mother Hubbard, a little relieved; "it's sweet in the middle, and you needn't eat the bitter part, where it's burnt." Prudy Keeping House OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor Dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor Dog had none. The Little Mother Goose “Oh, see what we have done!” cried Mother Hubbard, sadly. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters Sue heard one or two people say, "Look at little Mother Hubbard." Sue, A Little Heroine Mother Hubbard," I replied, "you are a hypocritical old humbug, and you are wanting to persuade Mr. Derwent that I am not domesticated, which is too bad of you. Windyridge Mother Hubbard was heated, and tired, and hungry, and cross. Prudy Keeping House Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 I must see about getting Mother Hubbard and her dog something to eat. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters As he passed along, a frowzy woman in a Mother Hubbard greeted him from a verandah and asked him to enter. Civilization Tales of the Orient "Really, love," said Mother Hubbard, who was almost in tears at the denseness of my intelligence, "I'm sure Mr. Derwent will understand my meaning." Windyridge And as she had decided to call herself Mother Hubbard, she made an ample cap, by folding a "pillow-sham," and putting two of its ruffled edges around her face for a double border. Prudy Keeping House This is the bone that Mother Hubbard went to look for, but failed to find. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls “And isn’t there anything else in the house to eat, except a bone, Mother Hubbard?” the dog asked. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters A fat woman in a Mother Hubbard asking him how many bullocks had come in that day, and when they would be ready to kill and eat! Civilization Tales of the Orient The address was tedious, like the prayer, but fortunately it was not long; then the preacher came in to tea, it being Mother Hubbard's turn to entertain him. Windyridge All the afternoon Mother Hubbard spent between the cake-board and the mouth of the oven. Prudy Keeping House Though she was chopping wood, and chopping it very well, though she wore what is sometimes called a Mother Hubbard wrapper and a stiff, clean blue-checked apron, she was not in the least a peasant. While Caroline Was Growing “How would you like a piece of orange cake?” asked Uncle Wiggily, all of a sudden, as he walked in Mother Hubbard’s house. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters On the first page of this work appeared the text of Old Mother Hubbard written in the boy's large, childish, downhill hand with spelling of distinct originality. Where the Sun Swings North Meanwhile Mother Hubbard, with some hesitation and many an apprehensive look ahead, told me something of his story. Windyridge I'm afraid Mother Hubbard will charge me full price for your board. Prudy Keeping House But when she went there, the cupboard was not exactly bare, like Mother Hubbard's, but something had happened. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm “That is very kind of you,” said Mother Hubbard. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters It seemed that what women resided in Hazleton must invariably dress in Mother Hubbard gowns of cheap cotton print with other garments to match. North of Fifty-Three Thoughts of Mother Hubbard's anxiety worried me a little, but I hoped she would realise that I had found shelter. Windyridge After the most tiresome afternoon she had ever spent in her life, Mother Hubbard went down with Fly, whom she dared not leave by herself, to call her boarders to dinner. Prudy Keeping House His cache was as bare as Mother Hubbard's cupboard—not even a bone; there was nothing but the reddened stones where the meat had lain, and a foul odor of Wolf. The Outcasts For the raisin and plum cake was as good as the orange one Mother Hubbard and her dog had eaten. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters The drawings for Mother Hubbard are among Mr. Crane's most successful efforts. A Mother's List of Books for Children Mother Hubbard regards him as a genius, but I doubt if he is anything more than an intelligent eccentric. Windyridge "O, yes'm; I'd be delighted," replied Mother Hubbard, a smile lighting up her face even to the floury tip of her nose. Prudy Keeping House For what he gazed upon was not the lovely Pinky of other days, but a very fat, untidy, ugly black woman in a calico Mother Hubbard dress. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Uncle Wiggily was going along past Old Mother Hubbard’s house, and past the place where Mother Goose lived, when, coming to a place near a big tree, Uncle Wiggily saw another house. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters "His name is Everychild, mother," he said, "and he's——" Old Mother Hubbard had removed her bonnet, which was a little affair of black velvet and jet ornaments. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old Despite the squire's protests I remained in my own cottage until the Monday when Mother Hubbard's frail body was laid to rest in the little graveyard. Windyridge Mother Hubbard said nothing; but she thought she should relish a good dinner as well as her boarders. Prudy Keeping House Mother Hubbard's dog was dressed in a suit of fine old-fashioned clothes, and held tightly between his teeth a very short stemmed pipe from which he puffed great clouds of smoke. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 “I want to have more adventures, either with the friends of Old Mother Hubbard and Mother Goose, or with some of the animal or birds that live in the woods.” Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters Here Everychild managed to say, "I'll not be a bit of trouble, Mother Hubbard, and—and I'm very glad to meet you." Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old Mother Hubbard took her seat at the table, and I sat next to Widow Smithies, who moved up to make room for me. Windyridge "So I shan't have to cook but one meal more, and that will be breakfast," thought Mother Hubbard, her tired heart leaping up with something like joy. Prudy Keeping House This placed at the hem, of course, and the top is gathered in Mother Hubbard style into a neck band edged with a little frill. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada "Well if you can enact Mother Hubbard and 'give a poor dog a bone,' I shall be thankful, — for anything." Hills of the Shatemuc Still, he was trying to smile, as if to convey the idea that Old Mother Hubbard must be joking, of course. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old I am glad he is better, for I cannot be with him as much as I should if Mother Hubbard did not claim my devotion. Windyridge "All the mistakes are owing to the eccentricity of genius," said the doctor, bowing to Mother Hubbard. Prudy Keeping House The old nurse's cap and spectacles were, with a peaked hat, the salient points of a "Mother Hubbard." Bluebell A Novel Mother Hubbard's department was in the same spare and thoroughly kept style; and Rufus came back thoughtfully to his seat before the fire. Hills of the Shatemuc And then the front door was opened briskly and Old Mother Hubbard entered the room. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old I suppose if anyone were to read what I have written thus far they would guess the truth—that my dear old Mother Hubbard has been taken from me. Windyridge "I'll take you," said Mother Hubbard, putting her handkerchief to her face. Prudy Keeping House Supper was brought in by a Chinese cook in a pigtail, wooden shoes, and a blue Mother Hubbard, Choo Loo by name. Clover "I am afraid Mother Hubbard's shelves are in classical order —that is, with nothing on them." Hills of the Shatemuc "And so this is where Old Mother Hubbard lives," he said, looking about him with new interest. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old Philip," I said, and I know the tears filled my eyes, "the sight of the cottage brings back to me sweet memories of dear old Mother Hubbard. Windyridge He had not crossed the hall before Mother Hubbard entered the parlor, dragging Fly, who was pinned to her skirts. Prudy Keeping House Then he translated Bellay his Ruins of Rome; His most unfortunate Work was that of Mother Hubbard's Tale, giving therein offence to one in authority, who afterwards stuck on his skirts. The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) That one little attic room of his and that closet which was at once Mother Hubbard's cupboard and his clothes press, could never do anything for the comfort of his little sister. Hills of the Shatemuc "Is it, indeed!" exclaimed Old Mother Hubbard icily. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old How could I end it better than with Mother Hubbard's blessing? Windyridge "How awful for her to come here!" thought Mother Hubbard, stealing a timid glance at the lady's ermine muff. Prudy Keeping House The barking of the dog had awakened a bowed old Mother Hubbard lady. Out To Win The Story of America in France Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone; But when she got there the cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917 But Old Mother Hubbard only regarded him blankly, as if there had been no interruption, and then she proceeded. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old A bedroom, of ample size for one woman of modest requirements, opened out of the kitchen, and I saw at a glance that I might have as cosy a home as Mother Hubbard herself. Windyridge Mother Hubbard took off the cover and peeped in. Prudy Keeping House But, like Mother Hubbard's cupboard, the kitchen was bare, and no soul was to be found in the laundry, the pantry or, in fact, anywhere throughout the basement region. Martha By-the-Day To which the crone, with a high-cauled cap, resembling Mother Hubbard, responded with a courtesy and 'Yes,'m.' Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh In another place there was the interior of Old Mother Hubbard's cottage, with the little black dog just receiving a fine morsel, and with Tom and his mother looking on with great joy. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old First of all I attended to household duties under the keen but kindly supervision of Mother Hubbard, and acquitted myself fairly well. Windyridge Well, yes, Mother Hubbard; it's apt to catch fine ladies. Prudy Keeping House I guess it's Mother Hubbard's cupboard, it looks bare enough. Jimmy, Lucy, and All Oh! it's you, is it?' she cried as Mother Hubbard appeared at the door. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Another showed Old Mother Hubbard standing before a cupboard and looking into it intently. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old Mother Hubbard was delighted to be able to help in this department, and between us we finished them yesterday, and with Ginty's assistance I have hung them to-day! Windyridge "Let's all go down and see," said Mother Hubbard. Prudy Keeping House Her chin was square and pointed upward like old Mother Hubbard's, and she could talk of batter-cakes or home rule with humorous volubility, and smoke a pipe with the manner of a condescending duchess. Katrine They looked at my father's creaking doctor's sign, and sang, "Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen When they had all disappeared, Truth moved along to the next curtain, on which a portrait of Old Mother Hubbard was painted. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old Mother Hubbard was in excellent trim, and I am beginning to think that there must be a good deal of reserve force in her delicate-looking little body. Windyridge "Thank you ever so much," replied Mother Hubbard, bobbing her head, while the "pillow-sham" ruffles waved this way and that, like a field of ripe grain. Prudy Keeping House A long story—and not as entertaining as Mother Hubbard. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) It was impossible to pass through their ranks, and he hadn't even the satisfaction of making a fat bull pay tribute to his Mother Hubbard cupboard. The New North She called out commandingly, "Old Mother Hubbard, appear!" Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old "What was it, love?" inquired Mother Hubbard, who had been aroused by my screams and was genuinely alarmed. Windyridge Mother Hubbard began to look about her with the mien of a housekeeper. Prudy Keeping House She was clad in a sombre calico Mother Hubbard, of Miss Mehitable's painstaking manufacture, and hopping back and forth on the bare floor of her room at Miss Evelina's. A Spinner in the Sun My "cupboard" proved to be in the state of the luckless "Mother Hubbard's"—nothing of the kind could I find but a bottle of orange shrub. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest She had scarcely finished speaking when Old Mother Hubbard cried out in broken tones: "Give me his dog!" Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old Mother Hubbard put an arm around my waist and looked questioningly into my eyes, her own being bright with tears. Windyridge Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, and got a goblet for the lady; to the closet, and found a rag for the baby. Prudy Keeping House I suppose it was the largest shed in the world, and it was certainly the biggest store-cupboard ever kept under lock and key by a Mother Hubbard with a lot of hungry boys to feed. The Soul of the War The woman was looking down at the child, her eyes softer than they had been, and the child was lying on its back and playing with her Mother Hubbard. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Old Mother Hubbard following them with the greatest haste. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old "Yes, love," said Mother Hubbard, but I doubt if she understood. Windyridge "I thought you were the 'Man in the Moon,'" said Mother Hubbard, "and he isn't married." Prudy Keeping House Most of the women held rosaries, and a few of them, bent with age, carried upon their heads the very cap that old Mother Hubbard wore, if tradition and English artists are to be trusted. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine From this prompting came the illustration of Mother Hubbard. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. "Oh, Katherine, have you heard the news?" cried Mrs. Burton, who was knitting stockings and reciting "Old Mother Hubbard" between whiles to the twins. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods "That is just like Barjona, love," Mother Hubbard whispered; "he has never a good word for the women." Windyridge "The man in the Moon, if you please, Mother Hubbard, come down to inquire the way to Norridge." Prudy Keeping House Did little maidens' hearts beat the same under pearl-embroidered bodices as they do under Mother Hubbard cloaks? Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow So then came "Mother Hubbard and her Dog"—the slow old lady and the knowing beast that was always getting one step ahead of her. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. "That is not the best part of the news by any means," returned Mrs. Burton, giving Lotta a little shake to silence the demand for more of "Mother Hubbard". A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods I would have given much to have been sitting by Mother Hubbard's side, listening to the click of the needles, but I was indeed thankful that she had not accompanied me. Windyridge "You poor dear girl," said Mother Hubbard, going up to her, and taking her hand. Prudy Keeping House Mother Hubbard's dog is well again - what did I tell you? Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 This is what happened in the case of "Old Mother Hubbard" as will readily be seen by examining the meter of the various verses. The Chinese Boy and Girl "You said that last year, and by April my preserve cupboard looked like Old Mother Hubbard's." Fanny Herself Mother Hubbard came in, too, and added her entreaties to my commands; and after a while she became calmer, and then the whole story came out. Windyridge Dr. Moonshine," replied Mother Hubbard, nervously, "I can't help it if the butter does melt. Prudy Keeping House She was dressed usually in a pink Mother Hubbard, and she wore all day long a large straw hat. Moon and Sixpence The original "Mother Hubbard" consisted of nothing more than the first six lines which contain three rhymes. The Chinese Boy and Girl There was one appalling night when the treasury was entirely depleted, and the larder was a veritable Mother Hubbard's cupboard. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley Mother Hubbard looks upon me with loving envy and sighs for the days that are beyond recall. Windyridge Mother Hubbard had never dreamed a boarder could be so disagreeable. Prudy Keeping House The difference between the story of where babies come from and the story of Santa Claus or Mother Hubbard is a very important one. Your Child: Today and Tomorrow You remember old Mother Hubbard in our house at school? Mr. Justice Raffles Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard To get her poor dog a bone; When she got there The Cupboard wan bare. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 More often I bring out the deck-chair, which is one of my luxuries, and sit in front of the cottage with Mother Hubbard as a companion. Windyridge "There," said Mother Hubbard, taking off her spectacles; "now I can cook." Prudy Keeping House Just now Miss Sadie Reid is fidgeting nervously with a gold and pearl card case held within her primrose kids, that are peeping through the outlets of her brocaded Mother Hubbard dolman. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense If you want to wear a Mother Hubbard dress on the throne during hot weather, or mash a mosquito with your mother's sceptre, do so. Remarks Then there was a scramble for the glass and the dresser, and Dolly's voice was heard screaming: 'Now then, Mother Hubbard, have you the sweet-stuff I told you to get? A Mummer's Wife We have had our promised holiday, Mother Hubbard and I, and a right royal one. Windyridge Mother Hubbard did her blundering best; but ill luck seemed to pursue the cooking. Prudy Keeping House But these two women rose and went to the dining-room as mechanically as though they had just been discussing the last "poke" bonnet or Mother Hubbard mantle, in the most usual way imaginable. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense How the cheeks of strong men had blanched and the Goddess of Liberty felt for her back hair and exchanged her Mother Hubbard dress for a new cast-iron panoply of war and Roman hay knife. Remarks This was the beginning of my being called Old Woman, and Mother Hubbard, and Dame Durden, and so many names of that sort, that my own soon became quite lost. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction Mother Hubbard would occupy the morning in preparing the great dinner, and from these preparations I was to be rigorously excluded. Windyridge Then she called the children; and Mother Hubbard and Lady Magnifico rushed in, followed by the Man in the Moon and his baby. Prudy Keeping House These lines are certainly meant to reflect on Burleigh for neglecting him, and the Lord Treasurer afterwards conceived a hatred towards him for the satire he apprehended was levelled at him in Mother Hubbard's Tale. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. Nothing looks more untidy than a fat king milking a bobtail cow in a Mother Hubbard robe trimmed with imitation ermine. Remarks Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone; But when she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Literature The kitchen was almost a duplicate of Mother Hubbard's, but longer. Windyridge Mother Hubbard blushed to her cap-border, and took the book with another "Thank you ever so much," but did not know what else to say to such a dignified woman. Prudy Keeping House Mother Hubbard's cupboard when she went to seek the bone was not more empty. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come Well, instead of being a fine Colorado Claro with a high-priced wrapper, they are common Mexicano stinkaros in a Mother Hubbard wrapper. Remarks On Sunday morning Farrar happened to be the first cook to go out for things for breakfast, and he found that the door had been broken open and the shelves as bare as Mother Hubbard's. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 Mother Hubbard composed herself to sleep again; and in order to prevent a repetition of my unhappy experience I got my books and proceeded to do my accounts. Windyridge Come, Mother Hubbard, have you seen all there is in the cupboard? Prudy Keeping House The nightgown or Mother Hubbard of Connecticut became the proper female attire for natives in the house of God, and thus, by gradual establishment of a fashion, in their straw homes, and everywhere. Nonsenseorship She asked herself whether a man of that type, young, amazingly handsome, would ever send such a glance to Mother Hubbard. December Love Then I made a Mother Hubbard apron of white paper-cambric, also very stiff and shiny, putting a big full ruche of the cambric around neck, yoke, and bottom of sleeves. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 Mother Hubbard and I had been invited to step into the parlour, but preferred the more homely atmosphere of the kitchen, so we took our seats on the settle, opposite to that occupied by Grandpa. Windyridge "I was only thinking," continued the doctor, with a side glance at Mother Hubbard, "how nice a peanut would be to keep anybody from fainting away." Prudy Keeping House From this prompting came the Illustration of Mother Hubbard. The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales And she saw herself as Mother Hubbard, a "dame." December Love His black eyes were flashing underneath his gray brows, and he presented a fierce aspect despite his gown, which resembled a Mother Hubbard, and his slippers, which flapped as he walked. The Net He shook hands with me, after Mother Hubbard had performed the ceremony of introduction, and I can feel the warmth of his greeting in my right hand yet. Windyridge "Only there isn't any coffee," said Mother Hubbard, going to the cupboard. Prudy Keeping House So then came "Mother Hubbard and her dog,"—the slow old lady and the knowing beast that was always getting one step ahead of her. The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales Santa Claus lives there all alone, except for old Mother Hubbard, who cooks the meals for him; and her cupboard is never bare now, I can promise you! Mother Goose in Prose "Well, no; I don't think I could," he replied; "I don't think I'd look any better in a Mother Hubbard or a kimono." Miss Minerva and William Green Hill I almost regretted that I had felt it necessary to explain the situation to him when I heard his hearty and somewhat patronising laugh, but Mother Hubbard's previous treatment had emboldened me. Windyridge Mrs. Fixfax allowed herself to smile this time, as her eye rested on the Mother Hubbard cap. Prudy Keeping House There was nothing there, either, except a bin, as innocent of coal as Mother Hubbard's cupboard was of food. The Exploits of Elaine So, after Mother Hubbard had given me a good meal of turnips and sliced cabbage, Santa Claus put the magic collar around my neck and I started for home. Mother Goose in Prose Verity is occasionally like the renowned Mother Hubbard, her cupboard is bare. Herb of Grace My studio is complete at last, and I have already had one customer, not counting Mother Hubbard, who had the privilege of performing the opening ceremony, and who was my first sitter. Windyridge And that Mother Hubbard you are wearing went out ten years ago. Sixes and Sevens Old Mother Hubbard was boosting me to beat the band as a genuine Pomeranian-Hambletonian-Red-Irish-Cochin-China-Stoke-Pogis fox terrier. The Four Million Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 Mr. Raeburn is curiously like the celebrated dog of nursery lore, who appertained to the ancient and far-famed Mother Hubbard. We Two, a novel Mother Hubbard ventured to surmise that it was the fox which had been captured and not the husband, and Mr. Higgins acquiesced. Windyridge "From 'old Mother Hubbard,'" thought young Van Horne; but he merely bowed. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 "You will have to have luncheon sent in, Jimmy; nobody has ordered anything from the shops, and I feel like old Mother Hubbard." When a Man Marries After this memorable event, I went to the hatter's, and the bootmaker's, and the hosier's, and felt rather like Mother Hubbard's dog whose outfit required the services of so many trades. Great Expectations "My prudent Mother Hubbard, why not?" he said to me when he wanted, without the least consideration, to bestow five pounds on the brickmaker. Bleak House I had tea with him and the Cynic on Sunday afternoon when some of her chapel friends were keeping Mother Hubbard company. Windyridge It is not," said Mother Hubbard calmly and with firmness; "your father would have told you so. Windyridge Mother Hubbard did not go to chapel on the Sunday, but on the Thursday she expressed her fixed determination to take her class. Windyridge Mother Hubbard broke the silence, as she sank back into her seat with a little sigh, and when I sat down Webster drove slowly on. Windyridge Mother Hubbard shook her head and pointed to the moors. Windyridge There is no other Mother Hubbard here, and how much she will be missed when trouble sits by the hearths of the people only time can make known. Windyridge She paused, and the women, unaccustomed to self-control, were sobbing audibly into their handkerchiefs, and Mother Hubbard noticed it. Windyridge Only Mother Hubbard herself is cheerful, and as her physical strength decreases she appears to gain self-possession and mental vigour. Windyridge Ah, but, dear Mother Hubbard," I said, "the heather bells cannot help their imperfections. Windyridge Meantime the village is affording me further opportunities of studying Mother Hubbard's theories of human nature and discovering the germ of goodness in things evil. Windyridge Then he turned to Mother Hubbard: "Thank you, thank you much," he said; "I shall not forget your parable of the heather." Windyridge I could see that reluctance struggled with desire, but Mother Hubbard's added entreaties turned the scale, and he removed his soaking overcoat with many apologies for the trouble he was causing. Windyridge "It was trouble that aged him, Joe," broke in Mother Hubbard's gentle voice; "the good Lord overrules all things for good, but it was you who brought his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave." Windyridge Mother Hubbard put on her glasses and looked at him with a new interest, and removed them again in a minute or two as if satisfied. Windyridge He shook Mother Hubbard's hand, bowed to me, and stepped out into the rain; and I watched him walk briskly forward until the mist swallowed him up. Windyridge
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