...version of the schoolboy rhyme, quoted by MR. CLARKE, ran as follows, at Newport, Isle of Wight : — Steal not this book for fear of shame, For here you see the owner's name ; But if you do, the Lord will say, " Where is that book you stole away ? " And if you say, " I cannot...

...meet hia eye, permitted him to read, inscribed upon the inside of the cover, the classic lines : " Steal not this book, for fear of shame, For here you see the owner's name. SALANDA PEASE CIIESSLEBUEY," " What !" exclaimed Jason, in a whisper, Mr. Baxter Blossom being nearly...

...nonfuùset.' An English equivalent (translation is impossible) may be given in the Pindaric strain: — 1 Steal not this book for fear of shame; For here you see the owner's name. Return this grammar, wicked boy, to me, Or hang'd by the neck you'll surely be.' But how had this hanged...

...peudu n An English equivalent (translation is impossible) may be given in the Pindaric strain: — ' Steal not this book for fear of shame; For here you see the owner's name. Return this grammar, wicked boy, to me, Or hang'd by the neck you'll surely be.' But how had this hanged...

...or tear out the leaves, or in any way injure this book." A milder and more modern couplet, is — " Steal not this book for fear of shame, For here you see the owner's name." Thus various were the devices from time to time to secure the possession of treasures more precious...

...fly-leaf, and there, written in very round plain letters, in Amy's own writing, " AMELIA BROOKS HUNTINGDON. "Steal not this book, for fear of shame; For here you see the owner's name." Wasn't it dreadful? Amy remembered then that she had pulled them all out just before leaving the school-room...

...then very red, and gazed at the book as if fascinated by it. There were the words on the cover, — Steal not this book for fear of shame, For here you see the aimer's name. June 10, 1793. MARY WILLIAMS. " Where did you get this book ? " he asked at length, in...

...giving an account of the Tippecanoe campaign are these words : "John Tipton, September 1 1, 1811. •' Steal Not this Book for fear of Shame, for here you see the Oner's Name." At the end of the journal is this certificate of its authenticity, written in General...

...thought. But did n't Shakespeare write these lines ? " " Perhaps he did, and perhaps, also, he wrote " ' Steal not this book for fear of shame, For here you see the owner's name. At the last judgment God will say, Where is that book you stole away ? ' No. It is a piece of doggerel,...

...of me When I am quite forgotten. I put my name for to betray The thief that steals this book away. Steal not this book for fear of shame, For here you see the owner's name ; Restore it back if lost it be For the owner's name above you see. (1769 On a Shrewsbury Clock, circa...