Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: "One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.
Beatrix PotterI think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!
Beatrix PotterWhat we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.
Beatrix PotterIn the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta - there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
Beatrix Potter