Heads and tales; or, Anecdotes and stories of quadrupeds and other beasts1870 |
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... Lion 170 Canova's Lions and the Child . 171 Admiral Napier and the Lion in the Tower Old Lady and the Beasts on the Mound 173 173 SEALS 174 Dr Adam Clarke on Shetland Seals Dr Edmonstone and the Shetland Seals The Walrus or Morse ( with ...
... Lion 170 Canova's Lions and the Child . 171 Admiral Napier and the Lion in the Tower Old Lady and the Beasts on the Mound 173 173 SEALS 174 Dr Adam Clarke on Shetland Seals Dr Edmonstone and the Shetland Seals The Walrus or Morse ( with ...
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... Dr Livingstone , the African traveller , was crushed and crunched by the bite and " chaw " of a lion . He will also please to notice , that the skeleton of the gorilla in the museum has the left arm broken by 12 HEADS AND TALES .
... Dr Livingstone , the African traveller , was crushed and crunched by the bite and " chaw " of a lion . He will also please to notice , that the skeleton of the gorilla in the museum has the left arm broken by 12 HEADS AND TALES .
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... lion . " 66 The gorilla is a native of West Africa . It is closely allied to the chimpanzee , but grows to a larger size , and has many striking anatomical characters and external marks to distinguish it . It is certainly much dreaded ...
... lion . " 66 The gorilla is a native of West Africa . It is closely allied to the chimpanzee , but grows to a larger size , and has many striking anatomical characters and external marks to distinguish it . It is certainly much dreaded ...
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... in the Book of Proverbs , where the greyhound is named , along with the lion and the goat , as ' comely in going , ' yet merely in praise of his external beauty . But her difficulty was relieved by the reply , that in DOGS . 103.
... in the Book of Proverbs , where the greyhound is named , along with the lion and the goat , as ' comely in going , ' yet merely in praise of his external beauty . But her difficulty was relieved by the reply , that in DOGS . 103.
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... “ Ex- celsior " ( with additions ) . JACKAL . THE boy who used to read , long ago , " The Three Hundred Animals , " was ever familiar with " the Lion's Provider , " as the menagerie showmen , even now 148 HEADS AND TALES . JACKAL.
... “ Ex- celsior " ( with additions ) . JACKAL . THE boy who used to read , long ago , " The Three Hundred Animals , " was ever familiar with " the Lion's Provider , " as the menagerie showmen , even now 148 HEADS AND TALES . JACKAL.
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Seite 199 - CHILD'S STORY. (WRITTEN FOR, AND INSCRIBED TO, w. M. THE YOUNGER.) i. HAMELIN Town's in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city ; The river Weser, deep and wide, Washes its wall on the southern side ; A pleasanter spot you never spied ; But, when begins my ditty, Almost five hundred years ago, To see the townsfolk suffer so From vermin, was a pity.
Seite 199 - And licked the soup from the cooks' own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats. At last the people in a body To the Town Hall came flocking: "'Tis clear...
Seite 207 - An' bleak December's winds ensuin', Baith snell and keen! Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste An' weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till, crash!
Seite 216 - Bess had a courage and confidence that made him tame from the beginning. (I always admitted them into the parlour after supper, when, the carpet affording their feet a firm hold, they .would frisk, and bound, and play a thousand gambols, in which Bess, . being remarkably strong and fearless, was always superior to the rest, and proved himself the Vestris of the party.
Seite 208 - And lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promised ^joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward cast my ee, On prospects drear ! And forward, though I canna see, I guess and fear.
Seite 207 - Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi
Seite 10 - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
Seite 208 - That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble Has cost thee mony a weary nibble! Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld! But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an
Seite 90 - Like a lady's ringlets brown, Flow thy silken ears adown Either side demurely Of thy silver-suited breast Shining out from all the rest Of thy body purely. Darkly brown thy body is, Till the sunshine striking this Alchemise its dulness, When the sleek curls manifold Flash all over into gold With a burnished fulness.
Seite 199 - Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives.