The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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... animal about which they wrote , and furthermore , that they knew very little indeed upon the subject . Take for ... animals could be found more cruel than a Robin Redbreast , which we have all determined to make a pet of since somebody ...
... animal about which they wrote , and furthermore , that they knew very little indeed upon the subject . Take for ... animals could be found more cruel than a Robin Redbreast , which we have all determined to make a pet of since somebody ...
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... animal that catches mice . " But the word has one or two other meanings , for instance : - In thieves ' slang the word " Cat " signifies a lady's muff , and " to free a cat " to steal a muff . Among soldiers and sailors a " Cat " means ...
... animal that catches mice . " But the word has one or two other meanings , for instance : - In thieves ' slang the word " Cat " signifies a lady's muff , and " to free a cat " to steal a muff . Among soldiers and sailors a " Cat " means ...
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... animal stole away , and was seen no more . " A few days subsequently , as this man was start- ing to go from home , the Cat met and stood before him in a narrow path , with rather a wicked aspect . Its owner slashed his handkerchief at ...
... animal stole away , and was seen no more . " A few days subsequently , as this man was start- ing to go from home , the Cat met and stood before him in a narrow path , with rather a wicked aspect . Its owner slashed his handkerchief at ...
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... animal with the iron jaws ; and how many courageous souls were engaged in its destruction . If this story is , however , rather hard to swallow , the next is not less so . Says our authoress- " I also know an Irish gentleman , who being ...
... animal with the iron jaws ; and how many courageous souls were engaged in its destruction . If this story is , however , rather hard to swallow , the next is not less so . Says our authoress- " I also know an Irish gentleman , who being ...
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... animal's indignation still more , and springing from the table with an angry cry , he darted to the other side of the room . The two priests thought no more of the Cat until the cloth was about to be removed ; when the master of the ...
... animal's indignation still more , and springing from the table with an angry cry , he darted to the other side of the room . The two priests thought no more of the Cat until the cloth was about to be removed ; when the master of the ...
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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...