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... frequent use of the figure of the dog in their hieroglyphics , emblematical not only of professions , but also of qualities . The dog was , in various instances , delineated to characterize a scribe , a prophet , the spleen , smelling ...
... frequent use of the figure of the dog in their hieroglyphics , emblematical not only of professions , but also of qualities . The dog was , in various instances , delineated to characterize a scribe , a prophet , the spleen , smelling ...
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... frequently destroy foals , al- though they have been previously accustomed to the presence of horses . The Esquimaux dogs , seen by the expedition un- der Captain Parry , seem to be a more generous race than the Indian dogs , which may ...
... frequently destroy foals , al- though they have been previously accustomed to the presence of horses . The Esquimaux dogs , seen by the expedition un- der Captain Parry , seem to be a more generous race than the Indian dogs , which may ...
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... the difference of size in this species , that in some of the varieties he is found to be upwards of six feet and a half , from the snout to the tip of the tail ; while we frequently meet with others only a 36 INTRODUCTION .
... the difference of size in this species , that in some of the varieties he is found to be upwards of six feet and a half , from the snout to the tip of the tail ; while we frequently meet with others only a 36 INTRODUCTION .
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Thomas Brown. tail ; while we frequently meet with others only a few inches . In the Museum at Dresden there is a full - grown and perfect specimen , measuring only five inches in length . This dog had arrived at the age of two years ...
Thomas Brown. tail ; while we frequently meet with others only a few inches . In the Museum at Dresden there is a full - grown and perfect specimen , measuring only five inches in length . This dog had arrived at the age of two years ...
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... frequent visits to the family . The butcher , baker , and grocer , he will receive with civility , and even attention ; but mendicants and ill - dressed peo- ple he always regards with a suspicious eye , and keeps them at a proper ...
... frequent visits to the family . The butcher , baker , and grocer , he will receive with civility , and even attention ; but mendicants and ill - dressed peo- ple he always regards with a suspicious eye , and keeps them at a proper ...
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Page 214 - Near this spot Are deposited the Remains Of one Who Possessed Beauty Without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, And all the Virtues of Man Without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning flattery If inscribed over Human Ashes, Is but a just tribute to the Memory of "Boatswain," a Dog Who was born at Newfoundland, May, 1803, And died at Newstead Abbey Nov. 18, 1808.
Page 340 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 214 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Page 215 - Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth: While man, vain insect ! hopes to be forgiven, And claims himself a sole exclusive heaven. Oh, man ! thou feeble tenant of an hour, Debased by slavery, or corrupt by power, Who knows thee well must quit thee with disgust, Degraded mass of animated dust...
Page 215 - Who knows thee well must quit thee with disgust, Degraded mass of animated dust! Thy love is lust, thy friendship all a cheat, Thy smiles hypocrisy, thy words deceit ! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. Ye ! who perchance behold this simple urn, Pass on— it honours none you wish to mourn : To mark a friend's remains these stones arise ; I never knew but one, — and here he lies.
Page 129 - After traversing his pastures for some time, attended by his dog, the shepherd found himself under the necessity of ascending a summit at some distance, to have a more extensive view of his range. As the ascent was too fatiguing for the child, he left him on 'a small plain at the bottom, with strict injunctions not to stir from it till his return.
Page 135 - On our way home, however, we discovered a body of lambs at the bottom of a deep ravine, called the Flesh Cleuch, and the indefatigable Sirrah standing in front of them, looking all around for some relief, but still standing true to his charge.
Page 133 - He was scarcely a year old, and knew so little of herding, that he had never turned a sheep in his life ; but as soon as he discovered that it was his duty to do so, and that it obliged me, I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions. He would try every way deliberately till he found out what I wanted him to do, and, when I once made him understand a direction, he never forgot or mistook it again.
Page 14 - But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
Page 427 - Meadow, till all the butchers' dogs pursued one of the bulls (maddened with noise and multitude) clean through the town. This sight so pleased the Earl, that he gave the Castle Meadow, where the bulls' duel began, for a common to the butchers of the town, after the first grass was mowed, on condition that they should find a mad bull the day six weeks before Christmas Day, for the continuance of that sport for ever.