The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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... ear to ear - he is dead . My poor old friend ! " " Dead ! the poor master dead , murdered in his own house . " They wrung their hands , tore their hair , and wept aloud . " Silence ! I command you ; and consider that every one of us ...
... ear to ear - he is dead . My poor old friend ! " " Dead ! the poor master dead , murdered in his own house . " They wrung their hands , tore their hair , and wept aloud . " Silence ! I command you ; and consider that every one of us ...
Page 63
... ears , but this has not at all resulted in deafness . " Do you know why Cats always wash themselves after a meal ? A Cat caught a sparrow , and was about to devour it , but the sparrow said , " No gentleman eats till he has first washed ...
... ears , but this has not at all resulted in deafness . " Do you know why Cats always wash themselves after a meal ? A Cat caught a sparrow , and was about to devour it , but the sparrow said , " No gentleman eats till he has first washed ...
Page 64
... loose and free . to get through small apertures , to leap from great heights , and even to fall in an unfavourable posture Thus , the Cat is enabled with little or no injury to itself . Its ears 64 The Book of Cats .
... loose and free . to get through small apertures , to leap from great heights , and even to fall in an unfavourable posture Thus , the Cat is enabled with little or no injury to itself . Its ears 64 The Book of Cats .
Page 65
... ears are not so moveable as those of some other animals , but are more so than in very many animals . The shape of the external ear , or rather cartilaginous portion , is admirably adapted to intercept sounds . The natural posture is ...
... ears are not so moveable as those of some other animals , but are more so than in very many animals . The shape of the external ear , or rather cartilaginous portion , is admirably adapted to intercept sounds . The natural posture is ...
Page 66
... ears to the music of a mewing Cat . " Oh , ah ! yes , it's the waits , " says she , with a delighted chuckle ; " I love to listen to ' em . It may be fancy , but somehow they don't seem to play so sweetly as they did when I was a girl ...
... ears to the music of a mewing Cat . " Oh , ah ! yes , it's the waits , " says she , with a delighted chuckle ; " I love to listen to ' em . It may be fancy , but somehow they don't seem to play so sweetly as they did when I was a girl ...
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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.
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