The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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... heard that Robin- a pang it cost you when first son Crusoe was not true ? I shall never forget how vexed and disappointed I was at hearing that Dick Turpin never did ride to York on his famous mare Black Bess , and that no such person ...
... heard that Robin- a pang it cost you when first son Crusoe was not true ? I shall never forget how vexed and disappointed I was at hearing that Dick Turpin never did ride to York on his famous mare Black Bess , and that no such person ...
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... by medicine . Let us hope that these gentle- men were all properly physicked . I myself have often heard men express similar sentiments of aver- C sion to the feline race ; and sometimes young ladies The Book of Cats . 17.
... by medicine . Let us hope that these gentle- men were all properly physicked . I myself have often heard men express similar sentiments of aver- C sion to the feline race ; and sometimes young ladies The Book of Cats . 17.
Page 18
... heard people use the phrase , that they were " frightened out of their seven senses , " without troubling your- selves to wonder how they came to have more than five . But the Druids of old used to include sym- pathy and antipathy in ...
... heard people use the phrase , that they were " frightened out of their seven senses , " without troubling your- selves to wonder how they came to have more than five . But the Druids of old used to include sym- pathy and antipathy in ...
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... heard one then ? " " No , sir . " " What is the matter , my dear ? " now enquires the lady of the house , from the end of the long table ; " the dinner will be quite cold while you are talking to your fair neighbour so busily . " " Mrs ...
... heard one then ? " " No , sir . " " What is the matter , my dear ? " now enquires the lady of the house , from the end of the long table ; " the dinner will be quite cold while you are talking to your fair neighbour so busily . " " Mrs ...
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... heard any movement or voice in the room , and also how many fellow - servants the man had . He was told that he had heard no noise or voices , and that he had two fellow - servants — the cook and a little boy . His reverence demanded ...
... heard any movement or voice in the room , and also how many fellow - servants the man had . He was told that he had heard no noise or voices , and that he had two fellow - servants — the cook and a little boy . His reverence demanded ...
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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...