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... eye or Sun - stone of the Turks is a kind of gem found chiefly in Siberia . It is very hard and semi - transparent , and has different points from whence the light is reflected with a kind of yellowish The Book of Cats . 7.
... eye or Sun - stone of the Turks is a kind of gem found chiefly in Siberia . It is very hard and semi - transparent , and has different points from whence the light is reflected with a kind of yellowish The Book of Cats . 7.
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... eyes of cats . Catkins are imperfect flowers hanging from trees in the manner of a rope or cat's - tail . Cat's - meat , Cat - thyme , and Cat's - foot are the names of herbs ; Cat's head of an apple , and also of a kind of fossil . Cat ...
... eyes of cats . Catkins are imperfect flowers hanging from trees in the manner of a rope or cat's - tail . Cat's - meat , Cat - thyme , and Cat's - foot are the names of herbs ; Cat's head of an apple , and also of a kind of fossil . Cat ...
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A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous Charles Henry Ross. www such as have eyes to lose , to wander where. www TIP - CAT . Page 8 .
A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous Charles Henry Ross. www such as have eyes to lose , to wander where. www TIP - CAT . Page 8 .
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... Mirthful and Miscellaneous Charles Henry Ross. such a epiden In t " Pigg Woma from trates indust Crown Th of a a figure deno derst tried perfe thing mon enab tale whi Cat me the tha such as have eyes to lose , to wander where.
... Mirthful and Miscellaneous Charles Henry Ross. such a epiden In t " Pigg Woma from trates indust Crown Th of a a figure deno derst tried perfe thing mon enab tale whi Cat me the tha such as have eyes to lose , to wander where.
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... eyes to lose , to wander where the epidemic rages . In the North , however , the same game is called " Piggie . " I learn by the newspaper that a young woman at Leeds nearly lost her eye - sight by a blow from one of these piggies or ...
... eyes to lose , to wander where the epidemic rages . In the North , however , the same game is called " Piggie . " I learn by the newspaper that a young woman at Leeds nearly lost her eye - sight by a blow from one of these piggies or ...
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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...