The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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... anecdotes respecting Cats , with the view of incorporating them with the work , in the event of a fresh Edition being called for . SPRING COTTAGE , FULHAM . November , 1867 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Of the reason why this Book.
... anecdotes respecting Cats , with the view of incorporating them with the work , in the event of a fresh Edition being called for . SPRING COTTAGE , FULHAM . November , 1867 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Of the reason why this Book.
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Page 258 - Through richest purple to the view Betrayed a golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw: A whisker first and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretched in vain to reach the prize.
Page 259 - Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize ; Nor all that glisters gold.
Page 86 - Whittington and his Cat, and that, in order to it, there had been got together a great quantity of mice ; but Mr. Rich, the proprietor of the playhouse, very prudently considered that it would be impossible for the cat to kill them all...