 | Clarke Abel - British - 1818 - 502 pages
...readily take wine, and exemplified his attachment to spirits by stealing the Captain's brandy-bottle : since his arrival in London, he has preferred beer...person all over the ship to obtain it. I seldom came on deck without, sweetmeats or fruit in my pocket, and could never escape his vigilant eye. Sometimes... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 382 pages
...sagacity and disposition. He was always impatient to seize it when held out to him ; became passionate if it was not soon given up, and would chase a person all over the ship to obtain it. The animal had been given to Mr. Abel, the naturalist attached to the expedition; and this gentleman... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 1178 pages
...many opportunities of judging of his sagacity and disposition. He is always very impatient to receive it when held out to him, and became passionate when...his vigilant eye. Sometimes I endeavoured to evade lu'm by ascending to the mast-head, but was always overtaken or intercepted in my progress. When he... | |
 | William Jardine - Monkeys - 1833 - 346 pages
...the captain's brandy bottle. Since his arrival in London, he has preferred beer and milk to anything else, but drinks wine and other liquors. •'•'...person all over the ship to obtain it. I seldom came on deck without sweetmeats or fruit in my pocket, and could never escape his vigilant eye. Sometimes... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - Mammals - 1833 - 420 pages
...the captain's brandy bottle. Since his arrival in London, he has preferred beer and milk to anything else, but drinks wine and other liquors. " In his...person all over the ship to obtain it. I seldom came on deck without sweetmeats or fruit in my pocket, and could never escape his vigilant eye. Sometimes... | |
 | Birds - 1834 - 700 pages
...many opportunities of judging of his sagacity and disposition. He was always very impatient to receive it when held out to him, and became passionate when...and could never escape his vigilant eye. Sometimes I endeavored to evade him by ascending to the mast-head, but was always overtaken or intercepted in my... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - Mammals - 1834 - 326 pages
...impatient to seize it when held out to him, and became passionate when it was not soon given up; and he would chase a person all over the ship to obtain it. I seldom came on deck without sweetmeats or fruit in my pocket, and could never escape his vigilant eye. Sometimes... | |
 | Josiah Priest - Angels - 1839 - 434 pages
...any attempt to take him away. In his attempts to obtttin food, while on board the vessel, he offered many opportunities of judging of his sagacity and...would chase a person all over the ship to obtain it. Sometimes, says Doct. Abel, I would endeavor to evade him by ascending to the mast-head, but was always... | |
 | Theology - 1852 - 782 pages
...He was always very impatient to seize it when held out to him, and became passionate when it was not given up, and would chase a person all over the ship to obtain it. I seldom came on deck without sweetmeats or fruit in injr pocket, and could never escape his vigilant eye. Sometime... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1865 - 276 pages
...out to him, he was very impatient5 to get it; he became very angry when it was not soon given to him, and would chase a person all over the ship to obtain it. The captain seldom came on deck without sweetmeats in his pockets, and Pongo was always watching for... | |
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London, he has preferred beer and milk to anything else, but drinks wine and other liquors. •'•' In his attempts to obtain food, he afforded us many opportunities of judging of his sagacity and disposition. He was always very impatient to seize it... 
