The Natural History of Domestic Animals: Containing an Account of Their Habits and Instincts, and of the Services They Render to Man |
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... I drawn with care , : 1 With her sweet brood to join the village school , And thought myself full proud , when she would spare , One look , one pat , and call me her " poor fool Oh ! if intemperance in her wildest hours , Has 69.
... I drawn with care , : 1 With her sweet brood to join the village school , And thought myself full proud , when she would spare , One look , one pat , and call me her " poor fool Oh ! if intemperance in her wildest hours , Has 69.
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... brood of partridges , had fallen upon her with the utmost fury , and killed her . The house - keeper found him tear- ing her with both his beak and spurs ; althougli she was then fluttering in the last agony , and 146.
... brood of partridges , had fallen upon her with the utmost fury , and killed her . The house - keeper found him tear- ing her with both his beak and spurs ; althougli she was then fluttering in the last agony , and 146.
Page 147
... brood of chickens above once in a season , though instances have been known in which they produced two . The number of eggs a domestic hen will lay in the year , are above two hundred , provided she be well fed and supplied with water ...
... brood of chickens above once in a season , though instances have been known in which they produced two . The number of eggs a domestic hen will lay in the year , are above two hundred , provided she be well fed and supplied with water ...
Page 148
... brood a day or two back in the shell . While the hen sits , she carefully turns her eggs , and even removes them to dif . ferent situations ; till at length , in about three weeks , the young brood begin to give sigus of a desire to ...
... brood a day or two back in the shell . While the hen sits , she carefully turns her eggs , and even removes them to dif . ferent situations ; till at length , in about three weeks , the young brood begin to give sigus of a desire to ...
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... brood was seen to run for security into the thickest part of a hedge , while the hen herself ventured boldly forth , and faced a fox that came for plunder . With a good mastiff , however , the invader was soon sent back to his retreat ...
... brood was seen to run for security into the thickest part of a hedge , while the hen herself ventured boldly forth , and faced a fox that came for plunder . With a good mastiff , however , the invader was soon sent back to his retreat ...
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Page 44 - Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength ; he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 139 - I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression, as it was not possible to misinterpret. If this rhetoric did not immediately succeed, he would take the skirt of my coat between his teeth, and pull it with all his force.
Page 139 - ... repast. I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression as it was not possible to misinterpret.
Page 103 - But where to find that happiest spot below, Who can direct, when all pretend to know? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas. And his long nights of revelry and ease: The naked negro, panting at the line. Boasts of his golden sands, and palmy wine; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country,...
Page 139 - No creature could be more grateful than my patient after his recovery ; a sentiment which he most significantly expressed by licking my hand, first the back of it, then the palm, then every finger separately, then between all the fingers...
Page 139 - Finding him extremely tractable, I made it my custom to carry him always after breakfast into the garden, where he hid himself generally under the leaves of a cucumber vine, sleeping or chewing the cud till evening; in the leaves also of that vine he found a favourite repast.
Page 44 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 88 - Others the unwilling wether drag along; And, glorying in his might, the sturdy boy Holds by the twisted horns the indignant ram. Behold where bound, and of its robe bereft, By needy man, that all-depending lord, How meek, how patient, the mild creature lies ! What...
Page 44 - He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage : neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
Page 125 - I bred him myself. He is sometimes skittish and playful, and once ran away from me: you will hardly believe it, but there were more than fifty people after him, attempting in vain to stop him ; yet he turned back of himself, and never stopped till he ran his head kindly into my bosom.