Lessons derived from the animal world, Volume 11847 |
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... becomes exceedingly thick . Some of the dogs . which were taken by our voyagers into the frozen regions of the north ... become domesticated with him , and exhibit nearly the same sagacity as our sporting dogs . There are other dogs in ...
... becomes exceedingly thick . Some of the dogs . which were taken by our voyagers into the frozen regions of the north ... become domesticated with him , and exhibit nearly the same sagacity as our sporting dogs . There are other dogs in ...
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... become a useful mem- ber of his master's family ; does duty as pony to his children ; acts the part of the most excellent watch - dog in guarding his property ; and belies the statement that the Pyrenean dogs lose their natural vivacity ...
... become a useful mem- ber of his master's family ; does duty as pony to his children ; acts the part of the most excellent watch - dog in guarding his property ; and belies the statement that the Pyrenean dogs lose their natural vivacity ...
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... become very expert in the use of this whip , and can inflict a severe blow on any dog at pleasure . In addition to the whip , the driver uses certain words , as the carters do with us , to make the dogs turn more to the left or right ...
... become very expert in the use of this whip , and can inflict a severe blow on any dog at pleasure . In addition to the whip , the driver uses certain words , as the carters do with us , to make the dogs turn more to the left or right ...
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... become miser- ably thin . In the extremity of their hunger they find relief by distending their stomachs with any rubbish they chance to find . In summer they fare better , for their masters can then afford them a supply of the skin and ...
... become miser- ably thin . In the extremity of their hunger they find relief by distending their stomachs with any rubbish they chance to find . In summer they fare better , for their masters can then afford them a supply of the skin and ...
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... becoming strong , they were induced to force it open ; when , to their utter astonishment , they found in it their new lodger , who had thus contrived to get himself conveyed into the house with the intention of robbing it . The larger ...
... becoming strong , they were induced to force it open ; when , to their utter astonishment , they found in it their new lodger , who had thus contrived to get himself conveyed into the house with the intention of robbing it . The larger ...
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Popular passages
Page 126 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 257 - ETHEREAL minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Page 237 - Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home...
Page 291 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away ! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! JAMES HOGG.
Page 258 - Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Page 321 - Towards the approach of day, the noise in some measure subsided, long before objects were distinguishable, the Pigeons began to move off in a direction quite different from that in which they had arrived the evening before, and at sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. The howlings of the wolves now reached our ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons, opossums and pole-cats were seen sneaking off...
Page 9 - A BARKING sound the Shepherd hears, A cry as of a dog or fox ; He halts, — and searches with his eyes Among the scattered rocks : And now at distance can discern A stirring in a brake of fern ; And instantly a dog is seen, Glancing through that covert green. The Dog is not of mountain breed ; Its motions, too, are wild and shy ; With something, as the Shepherd thinks, Unusual in its cry : Nor is there any one in sight All round, in hollow or on height...
Page 290 - O to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth.
Page 232 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.
Page 10 - Far in the bosom of Helvellyn, Remote from public road or dwelling, Pathway or cultivated land, From trace of human foot or hand. There sometimes doth a leaping fish Send through the tarn a lonely cheer ; The crags repeat the raven's croak, In symphony austere...