The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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... face full of horrid oaths and unforgive- ness , seeming to say , ' Perdition catch you ! I hate you for ever . ' But the Dog is my delight . Tread on his tail , he expresses for a moment the. Of some Wicked Stories that have been told ...
... face full of horrid oaths and unforgive- ness , seeming to say , ' Perdition catch you ! I hate you for ever . ' But the Dog is my delight . Tread on his tail , he expresses for a moment the. Of some Wicked Stories that have been told ...
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... face flushed and uneasy , while she lifts the snowy damask and looks beneath the table . " What is the matter , my dear madam ? Have you lost something ? " " No , sir , nothing , thank you ; -it is the Cat , " replied the timid bride ...
... face flushed and uneasy , while she lifts the snowy damask and looks beneath the table . " What is the matter , my dear madam ? Have you lost something ? " " No , sir , nothing , thank you ; -it is the Cat , " replied the timid bride ...
Page 25
... face to protect him from the summer flies , while the guest stepped through a French window which opened on a terrace and shrubbery . An hour or somewhat more had passed when he returned , and found his friend still recumbent he did not ...
... face to protect him from the summer flies , while the guest stepped through a French window which opened on a terrace and shrubbery . An hour or somewhat more had passed when he returned , and found his friend still recumbent he did not ...
Page 37
... face those who treat them best , and of whom they seem to be the most fond ; but either through fear or falsehood , they approach him by windings to seek for those caresses they have no pleasure in , but only to flatter those from whom ...
... face those who treat them best , and of whom they seem to be the most fond ; but either through fear or falsehood , they approach him by windings to seek for those caresses they have no pleasure in , but only to flatter those from whom ...
Page 50
... face . He could not tear the Cat away , and was obliged to implore the woman he had been ill - using to take the Cat from him to save his life . The Cat is reproached with treachery and cruelty , but Bigland argues that the artifices ...
... face . He could not tear the Cat away , and was obliged to implore the woman he had been ill - using to take the Cat from him to save his life . The Cat is reproached with treachery and cruelty , but Bigland argues that the artifices ...
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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...