The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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Page 17
... bodies of departed canines , in various stages of decomposition , were floating off Greenwich during the space of seven days in the previous month , seventy - eight of which were found jammed in the chains and landing- stages of the ...
... bodies of departed canines , in various stages of decomposition , were floating off Greenwich during the space of seven days in the previous month , seventy - eight of which were found jammed in the chains and landing- stages of the ...
Page 22
... body had actually to be cut from the head , and the jaws afterwards to be severed , before the mangled hand could be extricated . The man died from the injuries . " The jaws of a Cat are comparatively strong , and 22 The Book of Cats .
... body had actually to be cut from the head , and the jaws afterwards to be severed , before the mangled hand could be extricated . The man died from the injuries . " The jaws of a Cat are comparatively strong , and 22 The Book of Cats .
Page 39
... nearly without brains , though with all their senses about them , and of a tender turn ? That they want strength , both of body and instinct , are dependant , and ill edu- cated ? No ! their errors are thrust upon them The Book of Cats .
... nearly without brains , though with all their senses about them , and of a tender turn ? That they want strength , both of body and instinct , are dependant , and ill edu- cated ? No ! their errors are thrust upon them The Book of Cats .
Page 52
... body . The head dried by the heat of two summers , the wrinkled fore- head , the expanded eyelids , the glary eyeballs , the whiskers stretched to their full extent , the spiteful lips , exposing the double row of tiger - like teeth ...
... body . The head dried by the heat of two summers , the wrinkled fore- head , the expanded eyelids , the glary eyeballs , the whiskers stretched to their full extent , the spiteful lips , exposing the double row of tiger - like teeth ...
Page 60
... body he is like unto a Leoparde , and hathe a greate mouthe . He doth delighte that he enjoyeth his libertie ; and in his youth he is swifte , plyante , and merye . He maketh a rufull noyse and a gastefulle when he pro- fereth to fighte ...
... body he is like unto a Leoparde , and hathe a greate mouthe . He doth delighte that he enjoyeth his libertie ; and in his youth he is swifte , plyante , and merye . He maketh a rufull noyse and a gastefulle when he pro- fereth to fighte ...
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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...