Hand-book about Our Domestic Pets

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37 페이지 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: and he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
66 페이지 - I kept him for his humour's sake, For he would oft beguile My heart of thoughts that made it ache, And force me to a smile.
65 페이지 - ... shining white. The back becomes white within eight days. During the whole of this remarkable change in the fur no hair falls from the animal ; hence it. appears that the hair actually changes its colour, and that there is no renewal of it. The fur retains its white colour until the month of March, or even later, depending on the temperature of the atmosphere ; and by the middle of May it has again a gray colour. But the spring change is different from the winter, as the hair is completely shed.
17 페이지 - One appeared dead, and was held up by the tail or claw without exhibiting any signs of life ; a second stood on its head with its claws in the air ; a third imitated a Dutch milk-maid going to market, with pails on its shoulders ; a fourth mimicked a Venetian girl looking out at a window ; a fifth appeared as a soldier, and mounted guard as a sentinel...
47 페이지 - Seine, had his boots, which had been previously well polished, dirtied by a poodle dog rubbing against them. He in consequence went to a man who was stationed on the bridge and had them cleaned. The same circumstance having occurred more than once, his curiosity was excited, and he watched the dog. He saw him roll himself in the mud of the river, and then watch for a person with well polished boots, against which he contrived to rub himself.
12 페이지 - For a' the notes that ever rang From a' the harps o' minstrelsie. Mair dear to me, where buss or breer Amang the pathless heather grows, The Lintie's wild sweet note to hear, As on the ev'mV breeze it flows.
17 페이지 - It was wheeled in a barrow, to convey it, as it were, to the hospital ; after which it flew away before the company. The seventh turned a kind of windmill ; and the last bird stood in the midst of some fireworks, wnich were discharged all round it, and this without exhibiting the least symptom of fear.
6 페이지 - CASSELL'S LATIN READER, adapted to " Cassell's Latin Grammar;" consisting of Fables, Mythology, Anecdotes of Eminent Men, Roman History, and Ancient Geography ; to which is appended an appropriate Dictionary.
27 페이지 - The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it had its head bit off by its young.
37 페이지 - one of the few birds capable of braving the severity of an arctic winter ;" and Dr. Richardson says that " it frequents the Barren Grounds of the most intense winter cold, its movements being directed in a great measure by those of the herds of reindeer, musk-oxen, and bisons, which it follows, ready to assist in devouring such as are killed by beasts of prey or by accident. No sooner has a hunter slaughtered an animal than these birds are seen coming from various quarters to feast on the offal...

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