Cat and dog; or, Memoirs of puss and the captain, by the author of The doll and her friends |
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Page 47
... Pussy's mews were in different tone , and one much more satisfactory a very to me . ― Though every animal makes use of a dialect of its own , so different as to appear to men a distinct lan- guage for each race , for instance , the ...
... Pussy's mews were in different tone , and one much more satisfactory a very to me . ― Though every animal makes use of a dialect of its own , so different as to appear to men a distinct lan- guage for each race , for instance , the ...
Page 48
... Pussy and I wanted to express just now , and that is always easy to shew , with or without words . Mews in various tones from her were met by small , good - humoured half - barks and agreeable grunts from me , till at last she fairly ...
... Pussy and I wanted to express just now , and that is always easy to shew , with or without words . Mews in various tones from her were met by small , good - humoured half - barks and agreeable grunts from me , till at last she fairly ...
Page 49
... Pussy , who , now in high spirits , had no idea of coming down in a regular way , but must scramble up the banisters , hang by her claws from the hand - rail , recover herself instanta- neously when within an inch of falling headlong ...
... Pussy , who , now in high spirits , had no idea of coming down in a regular way , but must scramble up the banisters , hang by her claws from the hand - rail , recover herself instanta- neously when within an inch of falling headlong ...
Page 51
... Pussy's in a corner of the kitchen ; but by mutual consent we began dragging our respective bones along the ground to eat in company ; and the gardener's wife seeing the proceeding , carried our plates for us , and placed them side by ...
... Pussy's in a corner of the kitchen ; but by mutual consent we began dragging our respective bones along the ground to eat in company ; and the gardener's wife seeing the proceeding , carried our plates for us , and placed them side by ...
Page 52
... Pussy's inconsistencies . She would profess to be so refined , that a speck of dirt on her white coat made her un- happy ; so delicate , that she could not endure to wet her feet ; so modest , that she could not bear to be looked at ...
... Pussy's inconsistencies . She would profess to be so refined , that a speck of dirt on her white coat made her un- happy ; so delicate , that she could not endure to wet her feet ; so modest , that she could not bear to be looked at ...
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