Jack Sprat and his wife.
Arthur Rackham, from The old nursery rhymes, New York, 1913.
(Source: archive.org)
Jack Sprat and his wife.
Arthur Rackham, from The old nursery rhymes, New York, 1913.
(Source: archive.org)
“…the rhyme is found in James Howell’s collection of proverbs but with an archdeacon as the central figure:
monocled—misanthrope:
monocled—misanthrope: