The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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... coloured coats with large gilt buttons . With dignified bows and profound curtsies , they take their places , the bride , of course , at her host's right hand . The bustle subsides , the servants re- move the covers , the carving ...
... coloured coats with large gilt buttons . With dignified bows and profound curtsies , they take their places , the bride , of course , at her host's right hand . The bustle subsides , the servants re- move the covers , the carving ...
Page 80
... coloured blue , red , yellow and pink on each plate , with here and there a dash of green laid boldly on , irrespective of outline , and now and again reaching as far as the type . Here , in the well - remembered verses , was Richard's ...
... coloured blue , red , yellow and pink on each plate , with here and there a dash of green laid boldly on , irrespective of outline , and now and again reaching as far as the type . Here , in the well - remembered verses , was Richard's ...
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... coloured , being of a fine uniform grey on the upper part , with the texture of the fur as soft as silk , and the lustre glossy ; the colour fades off on the lower parts of the sides , and passes into white , or nearly so , on the belly ...
... coloured , being of a fine uniform grey on the upper part , with the texture of the fur as soft as silk , and the lustre glossy ; the colour fades off on the lower parts of the sides , and passes into white , or nearly so , on the belly ...
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... coloured ; 10s . 6d . on cloth and coloured , bound in an elegant cover , printed in gold and colours . Cousin Trix , NEW WORK BY MISS CRAIK . And her Welcome Tales . By GEORGIANA CRAIK . With Illustra- tions by F. W. KEYL . Super ...
... coloured ; 10s . 6d . on cloth and coloured , bound in an elegant cover , printed in gold and colours . Cousin Trix , NEW WORK BY MISS CRAIK . And her Welcome Tales . By GEORGIANA CRAIK . With Illustra- tions by F. W. KEYL . Super ...
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... coloured , gilt edges . Upside Down : A Series of Amusing Pictures from Sketches by the late W. MCCONNELL , with Verses by THOMAS HOOD . Coloured Plates 4to , price 2s . 6d . , fancy boards . The Little Child's Fable Book ; Arranged ...
... coloured , gilt edges . Upside Down : A Series of Amusing Pictures from Sketches by the late W. MCCONNELL , with Verses by THOMAS HOOD . Coloured Plates 4to , price 2s . 6d . , fancy boards . The Little Child's Fable Book ; Arranged ...
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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...