The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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... , while two or three kittens perched on his shoulders ; and he was often known to remain for an hour together in almost the same attitude for fear of disturbing them ; yet he was generally thought 46 The Book of Cats .
... , while two or three kittens perched on his shoulders ; and he was often known to remain for an hour together in almost the same attitude for fear of disturbing them ; yet he was generally thought 46 The Book of Cats .
Page 47
... kitten , its progeny . A friend seeing two holes in the bottom of his door , asked him for what purpose Barrett said it was for the he made them there . Cats to go in and out . ' Why , " replied his friend , “ would not one do for both ...
... kitten , its progeny . A friend seeing two holes in the bottom of his door , asked him for what purpose Barrett said it was for the he made them there . Cats to go in and out . ' Why , " replied his friend , “ would not one do for both ...
Page 52
... her head still retained the kitten's playful look , and there was an appealing expression about it as though it had died quickly , wondering in what it had done wrong . I find a writer upon Cats who speaks thus in 52 The Book of Cats .
... her head still retained the kitten's playful look , and there was an appealing expression about it as though it had died quickly , wondering in what it had done wrong . I find a writer upon Cats who speaks thus in 52 The Book of Cats .
Page 65
... kitten makes a dirty Cat , ' is a piece of Huntingdonshire folk - lore , " says Mr. Cuthbert Bede , " quoted to me in order to deter me from keeping a kitten that had been born in May . " Dr. Turton says , " The Cat has a more volumin ...
... kitten makes a dirty Cat , ' is a piece of Huntingdonshire folk - lore , " says Mr. Cuthbert Bede , " quoted to me in order to deter me from keeping a kitten that had been born in May . " Dr. Turton says , " The Cat has a more volumin ...
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... kittens at a litter . When born , they are blind and deaf , like puppies . They get their sight in about nine days , and are about eighteen months before reaching full growth . Those who wish their Cats to catch mice , I should advise ...
... kittens at a litter . When born , they are blind and deaf , like puppies . They get their sight in about nine days , and are about eighteen months before reaching full growth . Those who wish their Cats to catch mice , I should advise ...
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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...