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... legs , ears , and bodies , having all of them long , soft , pendulous ears . The Dalma- tian is supposed by some authors to be descended from the same stock . The native country of this race is supposed to be France . Spaniels and water ...
... legs , ears , and bodies , having all of them long , soft , pendulous ears . The Dalma- tian is supposed by some authors to be descended from the same stock . The native country of this race is supposed to be France . Spaniels and water ...
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... legs . The tail of the Dingo differs much from that of al- most all the other races , in being bushy all round like that of a fox ; and as he never carries it erect like other dogs , some naturalists have thence consi- dered him a wolf ...
... legs . The tail of the Dingo differs much from that of al- most all the other races , in being bushy all round like that of a fox ; and as he never carries it erect like other dogs , some naturalists have thence consi- dered him a wolf ...
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... legs ; the ground - colour is grey , and lighter on the belly . The South American dog is very like the wolf in appearance , and is probably the dog which was no- ticed by the early voyagers to that country , who assert that the Indians ...
... legs ; the ground - colour is grey , and lighter on the belly . The South American dog is very like the wolf in appearance , and is probably the dog which was no- ticed by the early voyagers to that country , who assert that the Indians ...
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... legs white . The other corresponds pretty nearly with this , but has a milder and more melancholy air . The best ac- count extant of this dog is not so satisfactory as we could wish , and we are rather inclined to think him a cross ...
... legs white . The other corresponds pretty nearly with this , but has a milder and more melancholy air . The best ac- count extant of this dog is not so satisfactory as we could wish , and we are rather inclined to think him a cross ...
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... leg , sixteen inches ; from the point of the hind - toes to the top of the hind - shoulders , thirteen inches ; from ... legs ; the hair short and smooth ; the colour of some brown and white , of others black and white . " They seemed ...
... leg , sixteen inches ; from the point of the hind - toes to the top of the hind - shoulders , thirteen inches ; from ... legs ; the hair short and smooth ; the colour of some brown and white , of others black and white . " They seemed ...
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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.