Cats and Dogs: Notes and Anecdotes of Two Great Families of the Animal KingdomD. Lothrop and Company, 1870 |
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Página 219 - I cried, Shall hear of this thy deed: My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed: But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call, To show a love as prompt as thine To Him who gives me all.
Página 240 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, Or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Página vi - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too.
Página 36 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Página 143 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Página 206 - At that very moment they were setting out in quest of him, and were toiling up the mountain's steep slippery sides. The poor man's heart told him he must proceed, and the monks spoke to him in vain. All they could do was to furnish him with two guides, attended by two dogs, one of which was the valuable animal who wore the medal.
Página 164 - DOGS. appear. The dogs would let it be known when the moon shines out if nothing else did, for as soon as they see her bright face they begin to howl incessantly. Then the men clear a pathway through the opening left in the earth mound, and the prisoners inside the hut go forth and look out upon the glittering white plains, the burning stars, and the dancing streamers which dart along the sky, making it almost as bright as day. It is too soon yet, however, to set forth upon a hunting journey. A good...
Página 203 - That is what many have done," replied Mrs. Myrtle; "and you would be all the more disposed to do so, because the excessive cold would make you feel overcome with sleep. The whole of your body would begin to feel numb, as your foot does when you complain that it is asleep, and soon you would be quite unable to proceed any further. Well, suppose that at the very moment you were about to give up in despair you heard 204 HELP AT NEED.
Página 202 - BERNARD. the Great St. Bernard, one of those high mountains of the Alps which are covered with almost perpetual snow, is this convent situated. There the terrible avalanches often fall into the plains below, and the hollow places of the mountains, with a noise like thunder. These are great masses of snow, which hang so loosely on the sides of the mountains that the slightest sound which causes the air to tremble, and so give...
Página 166 - FOXES. polled to remain inactive. But presently the dogs put down their noses, as if they scented something in the snow, and the driver knows that now his troubles are going to begin. A reindeer, or an arctic fox, has passed there shortly before. The dogs smell its footsteps, and become furious to start off upon its track. If they are not well managed, they may overturn the sledge and dash it to pieces. If the master has time, he will indulge them in going after the scent, and so procure them a good...