 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 pages
...human race. " Mar.j times," says Mr. Burchell, " when we have been travelling over plains where beasts have fled the moment we appeared in sight, have I...these faithful animals lying by their side, and have learned to esteem them for their social inclination to mankind. When wandering over pathless deserts,... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Smith - 1865 - 564 pages
...five-and-twenty, of various sorts and sizes. This variety, though not altogether intentional, as I was ohliged to take any that could be procured, was of the greatest...these faithful animals lying by their side, and have learned to esteem them for their social inclination to mankind. When wandering over pathless deserts,... | |
 | George Richard Jesse - Dogs - 1866 - 466 pages
...their attachment, and have felt a grateful affection toward them for preferring our society to the liberty of other quadrupeds. Often, in the middle...side, and have learnt to esteem them for their social esteem of mankind. When wandering over pathless deserts, oppressed with vexation and distress at the... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1871 - 838 pages
...other quadrupeds. Often, in the middle of the night, when all my people have been fast asleep ai-ound the fire, have I stood to contemplate these faithful animals lying by their side, and have learned to esteem them for their social inclination to mankind. When wandering over patlilcss diverts,... | |
 | Young people - 1877 - 696 pages
...their attachment, and have felt a grateful affection towards them for preferring our society to the liberty of other quadrupeds. Often in the middle of...when all my people have been fast asleep around the tire, have I stood to contemplate these faithful animals lying by their side, and have learnt to esteem... | |
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... to mankind. When wandering over pathless deserts, oppressed With vexation and distress at the conduct of my own men, I have turned to these as my only friends, and felt how much inferior to them was man when actuated only by selfish views. 
