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... course , at her host's right hand . The bustle subsides , the servants re- move the covers , the carving - knives are brandished by experienced hands , and the host having made the first incision in a goodly sirloin or haunch , turns to ...
... course , at her host's right hand . The bustle subsides , the servants re- move the covers , the carving - knives are brandished by experienced hands , and the host having made the first incision in a goodly sirloin or haunch , turns to ...
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... course , the door opened , and several enormously large and beautiful Angora Cats were introduced by the names of Pantalone , Desdemona , Otello , etc. they took their places on chairs near the table , and were as silent , as quiet , as ...
... course , the door opened , and several enormously large and beautiful Angora Cats were introduced by the names of Pantalone , Desdemona , Otello , etc. they took their places on chairs near the table , and were as silent , as quiet , as ...
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... course , of Doctor Johnson's feline favourite , and how it fell ill , and how he , thinking the servants might neglect it , himself turned Cat - nurse , and having found out that the invalid had a fancy for oysters , daily administered ...
... course , of Doctor Johnson's feline favourite , and how it fell ill , and how he , thinking the servants might neglect it , himself turned Cat - nurse , and having found out that the invalid had a fancy for oysters , daily administered ...
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... course , the shady side of the way as most agree- able . I knew that the sunny side would be left for me , and that Cats prefer the sunshine . " Cats usually , but not always , fall on their feet , because of the facility with which ...
... course , the shady side of the way as most agree- able . I knew that the sunny side would be left for me , and that Cats prefer the sunshine . " Cats usually , but not always , fall on their feet , because of the facility with which ...
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... course , by the way , never existed at all . ) As a contrast to the successful career of the Cat described above , let me tell you , in almost the same words in which it is amusingly told in a magazine article , the story of a Cat who ...
... course , by the way , never existed at all . ) As a contrast to the successful career of the Cat described above , let me tell you , in almost the same words in which it is amusingly told in a magazine article , the story of a Cat who ...
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