The Book of Cats: A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous |
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... old newspapers and odd numbers of defunct periodicals , and although I daresay I have overlooked some of the very best , I have really taken a great deal of trouble , and sincerely hope that I shall be able 4 The Book of Cats .
... old newspapers and odd numbers of defunct periodicals , and although I daresay I have overlooked some of the very best , I have really taken a great deal of trouble , and sincerely hope that I shall be able 4 The Book of Cats .
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... taken from the Regent's Canal . There are some persons who profess to have a great repugnance to Cats . King Henry III . of France , a poor , weak , dissipated creature , was one of these . According to Conrad Gesner , men have been ...
... taken from the Regent's Canal . There are some persons who profess to have a great repugnance to Cats . King Henry III . of France , a poor , weak , dissipated creature , was one of these . According to Conrad Gesner , men have been ...
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... taken out of her foot by a man servant , remembered him , and welcomed him with delight when she saw him again after an absence of two years . As a strong instance of attachment , I can quote the case of a she Cat of my own , which ...
... taken out of her foot by a man servant , remembered him , and welcomed him with delight when she saw him again after an absence of two years . As a strong instance of attachment , I can quote the case of a she Cat of my own , which ...
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... taken their meals and spent most of their time with the servants , yet upon our return they have immediately resumed their old ways , and cut the kitchen dead . By the report of a police case at Marlborough Street , on the 28th of June ...
... taken their meals and spent most of their time with the servants , yet upon our return they have immediately resumed their old ways , and cut the kitchen dead . By the report of a police case at Marlborough Street , on the 28th of June ...
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... , and at last has taken his seat by the fire- side , or out in the garden , and nursed the trophy of his prowess until I returned , mewing piteously if anyone attempted to take it away ; but once having The Book of Cats . 75.
... , and at last has taken his seat by the fire- side , or out in the garden , and nursed the trophy of his prowess until I returned , mewing piteously if anyone attempted to take it away ; but once having The Book of Cats . 75.
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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...