10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUSHABIES»
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hushabies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hushabies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
verb (hushabies, hushabied, hushabying) to soothe or lull to sleep. hush-hush e»
adj, colloq secret or private. hushkit o noun, colloq a device fitted to the jet engine
of an aircraft to reduce noise. /hAsk/ o noun 1 the thin dry covering of certain ...
But more sweet and quiet lie our little heads, With our own dear mothers sitting by
our beds ; And their soft sweet voices sing our hushabies, While the room grows
darker, and we shut our eyes. " As we play at evening, round our fathers' knees, ...
Kitty King (fict.name.), 1872
3
Primer First (-Fourth, Sixth) reader
Children lie more sweetly and quietly in their little beds, with their mothers
singing hushabies to them, than the little birds crouching in their nests, or the
lambs beside the ewes. And lambs playing among the flowers, or birds singing
on the ...
Public school series, 1873
4
Home-songs for Home-birds
Little lambs lie quiet All the summer night. With their old ewe mothers, Warm and
soft and white. But more sweet and quiet - Lie our little heads, With our own dear
mothers Sitting by our beds. And their soft, sweet voices Sing our hushabies, ...
5
The Poems of Eugene Field
The golden and majestic moon Beholds these baby eyes, And, mother-like, she
loves to croon Her softest lullabies, Her gentlest hushabies. The tiny flow'rs the
baby knew Throughout the noisy day, Now ope their blossoms to the dew And, ...
6
Home-Songs for Home-Birds. Gathered and arranged by the Rev. ...
With their old ewe mothers, Warm and soft and white. But more sweet and quiet
Lie our little heads, With our own dear mothers Sitting by our beds. And their soft,
sweet voices Sing our hushabies, \Vhile the room grows darker, And we shut our
...
William Pratt BREED, 1865
First among our nursery rhymes I take up our baby-songs, including the
hushabies and the lap-songs. As an example, you will now listen to "Danty Baby
Diddy." At this place the reader walked away to the side and sat down in the chair
placed ...
Sidney H. Morse, Joseph B. Marvin, 1872
8
Chambers concise dictionary
O hush something up to stifle or suppress it; to keep it secret. hushaby /'hAjabai/ >
n (hushabies) a lullaby used to soothe or lull babies to sleep. > v (hushabies,
hushabied, hushabying) to soothe or lull to sleep. hush-hush > adj, colloq secret
or ...
First among our nursery rhymes I take up our baby-songs, including the
hushabies and the lap-songs. As an example, you will now listen to " D:mty Baby
Diddy." At this place the reader walked away to the side and sat down in the chair
placed ...
Free Religious Association, 1872
It was like hearing three delightful hushabies. Meanwhile Tommy Tortoise was
plodding along in his patient jog-trot way. For the first few yards he was
accompanied by many of his friends, who thought it safer to march at a snail's
pace with ...
May Clarissa Gillington Byron, 1921
