 | C. C. Campbell - 1884 - 244 Seiten
...OF THREE HARES. into the parlour after supper, where they would frisk and play a thousand gambols. One evening, the cat being in the room, had the hardiness to pat Bess on the cheek, which he immediately resented by drumming on her back with such violence that the cat... | |
 | 1885 - 782 Seiten
...parlour after supper, whore the carpet afforded their feet a firm hold ; they would frisk, and bound, and play a thousand gambols, in which Bess, being...always superior to the rest, and proved himself the Yestris of the party. One evening, the cat being in the room, had the hardiness to pat Bess npon the... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1885 - 240 Seiten
...their feet a firm hold, they would frisk, and bound, and play a thousand gambols, in which Bess, being strong and fearless, was always superior to the rest, and proved himself the 9 Vestris of the party. One evening, the cat, being in the room, had the 1• hardiness to pat Bess... | |
 | Henry Anderson Bryden - 1903 - 430 Seiten
...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...party. One evening the cat, being in the room, had the hardihood to pat Bess upon the cheek, an indignity which he resented by drumming upon her back with... | |
 | 1912 - 870 Seiten
...rump around," and "Bess," the courageous and Independent one, who died soon after he was fullgrown, "was always superior to the rest and proved himself the Vestris of the party." The hare In its youthful games learns how to leap and turn, but probably not bow to course, but the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 310 Seiten
...remarkably strong and fearless, was always supeiiour to the rest, and proved himself the Vestris of lhe party. One evening the cat, being in the room, had...which he resented by drumming upon her back with such vi. lence, that the cat was happy to escape from under his paws, and hide herself. I describe these... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 584 Seiten
...parlor 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...rest, and proved himself the Vestris of the party. POETIC PICTURES. THE RURAL WALK. О may I live exempted (while I live Guiltless of pamper'd appetite... | |
 | R. ABERCROMBIE M.A - 1885 - 1098 Seiten
...parlour after supper, when the carpet afforded their feet a firm hold ; they would friak, and bound, anl play a thousand gambols, in which Bess, being remarkably strong and fearless, wu always superior to the rest. 41 B*as died young; Tiney lived to be nine years old, and died at list,... | |
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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,... 
