The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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... never did , I'll swear ; So I won't kill the Cat , That's flat . " But all the cruel and unjust things that have been said about poor pussy I will tell you in another chapter . I mean to try and begin at the beginning . In the first ...
... never did , I'll swear ; So I won't kill the Cat , That's flat . " But all the cruel and unjust things that have been said about poor pussy I will tell you in another chapter . I mean to try and begin at the beginning . In the first ...
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... 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 as William Tell ever existed , and that that beautiful story about the apple was ...
... 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 as William Tell ever existed , and that that beautiful story about the apple was ...
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... never more seen . " ( Probably went away in a flash of blue fire . ) What do you think of these very strange stories ? If they surprise you , however , what will you say to this one ? " Dr. C , an Italian gentleman still living in ...
... never more seen . " ( Probably went away in a flash of blue fire . ) What do you think of these very strange stories ? If they surprise you , however , what will you say to this one ? " Dr. C , an Italian gentleman still living in ...
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... never encounter one , unexpectedly , without a feeling of repugnance ; and , as I like , or feel an interest in , every other animal , I regard this peculiarity as hereditary . " I suppose , however , that there are few of my fair ...
... never encounter one , unexpectedly , without a feeling of repugnance ; and , as I like , or feel an interest in , every other animal , I regard this peculiarity as hereditary . " I suppose , however , that there are few of my fair ...
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... never encounter one , unexpectedly , without a feeling of repugnance ; and , as I like , or feel an interest in , every other animal , I regard this peculiarity as hereditary . " I suppose , however , that there are few of my fair ...
... never encounter one , unexpectedly , without a feeling of repugnance ; and , as I like , or feel an interest in , every other animal , I regard this peculiarity as hereditary . " I suppose , however , that there are few of my fair ...
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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...