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... told about Cats . CHAPTER III . Of other Wicked Stories , with a few Words in Defence or the Accused . CHAPTER IV . Of the Manners and Customs of Cats CHAPTER V. Of Whittington's Cat , and another Cat that visited Strange Countries PAGE ...
... told about Cats . CHAPTER III . Of other Wicked Stories , with a few Words in Defence or the Accused . CHAPTER IV . Of the Manners and Customs of Cats CHAPTER V. Of Whittington's Cat , and another Cat that visited Strange Countries PAGE ...
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A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous Charles Henry Ross. > 1 CHAPTER II -0Of some Wicked Stories that have been told 1.
A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous Charles Henry Ross. > 1 CHAPTER II -0Of some Wicked Stories that have been told 1.
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... told about Cats . 66 DO not love a Cat , " says a popular author , often CAR quoted ; " his disposi- tion is mean and suspicious . A friendship of years is cancelled in a moment by an accidental tread on the tail . He spits , twirls his ...
... told about Cats . 66 DO not love a Cat , " says a popular author , often CAR quoted ; " his disposi- tion is mean and suspicious . A friendship of years is cancelled in a moment by an accidental tread on the tail . He spits , twirls his ...
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... told in the ante - room . He next enquired whether any person had been in or out of the house , or if he had 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 ...
... told in the ante - room . He next enquired whether any person had been in or out of the house , or if he had 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 ...
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... TOLD you a- while ago what good Mr. Mavor says of Cats . CHR " La défiance que cet animal inspire , " says another instructor of youth , M. Pujoulx , in his Livre du Second Age , " est bien propre à corriger de dissimu- lation et de l ...
... TOLD you a- while ago what good Mr. Mavor says of Cats . CHR " La défiance que cet animal inspire , " says another instructor of youth , M. Pujoulx , in his Livre du Second Age , " est bien propre à corriger de dissimu- lation et de l ...
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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...