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Here you can, oh dear youth, learn something even from play, / Seek useful pastime, already at the early beginning, / And wish in the sweet pleasure to value the noble virtue, / Then heaven's grace will crown you, and your parents' love
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Here you can, oh dear youth, learn something even from play, / Seek useful pastime, already at the early beginning, / And wish in the sweet pleasure to value the noble virtue, / Then heaven's grace will crown you, and your parents' love

Rynders, Erven H. · 1831 - 1854 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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Sheet with 8 scenes of children's games, such as playing marbles, jump rope and kite flying. Under each scene a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 15.

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printpopular print(flying a) kitejumping-rope games
Credit lineHier kunt ge ô lieve jeugd, uit speelen zelfs iets [l]eeren, / Zoek nuttig tydverdryf, reeds by het vroeg begin, / En wil in 't zoet vermaak, de ed'le deugd waardeeren, / Dan kroond u 's hemels gunst,. 1831 - 1854. Rynders, Erven H.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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