The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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Page 71
... present itself to the passage of the body : they prevent the rustle of boughs and leaves , which would give warning to his prey if he were to attempt to pass through too dense a bush , and this , in conjunction with the soft cushions of ...
... present itself to the passage of the body : they prevent the rustle of boughs and leaves , which would give warning to his prey if he were to attempt to pass through too dense a bush , and this , in conjunction with the soft cushions of ...
Page 76
... present of something to eat , it would be more delicate for us to go away imme- diately , lest it might be supposed we desired to be asked to stop and partake of it , Tom thus de- parted , no doubt with a similar idea . " No experiment ...
... present of something to eat , it would be more delicate for us to go away imme- diately , lest it might be supposed we desired to be asked to stop and partake of it , Tom thus de- parted , no doubt with a similar idea . " No experiment ...
Page 85
... days after , the priest came , accompanied by a number of worshippers , to present some offering to the pretended deities ; and , on opening the door , Tom greeted them with a respectful mew . Unac- customed The Book of Cats . 85.
... days after , the priest came , accompanied by a number of worshippers , to present some offering to the pretended deities ; and , on opening the door , Tom greeted them with a respectful mew . Unac- customed The Book of Cats . 85.
Page 105
... in shooting at the Cats of my Brompton neighbours . ' " It was not , perhaps , of much consequence in the depth of winter ( continued Sir R. Peel ) , but no man could tell what a scene London would present in The Book of Cats . 105.
... in shooting at the Cats of my Brompton neighbours . ' " It was not , perhaps , of much consequence in the depth of winter ( continued Sir R. Peel ) , but no man could tell what a scene London would present in The Book of Cats . 105.
Page 106
... present in the height of the season . Everybody would be shooting at his neighbour's Cat . There would be the stoker of the Railway Rifles potting at the funnels of the North Western , and we should have the Finsbury Filibusters fluking ...
... present in the height of the season . Everybody would be shooting at his neighbour's Cat . There would be the stoker of the Railway Rifles potting at the funnels of the North Western , and we should have the Finsbury Filibusters fluking ...
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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...