Angora cat, an old raven, and a remarkably large rat, with a bell about its neck. They all four went to the dish, and, without disturbing each other, fed together ; after which, the dog, cat and rat lay before the fire, while the raven hopped about the... Curiosities of Natural History - Page 147de Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1859 - 423 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| William Bingley - 1803 - 524 pages
...animals went to the dish, and, without disturbing each other, fed together; after which the Dog; Cat, .and Rat, lay before the fire, while the Raven hopped...accounting for the familiarity which existed among the animals, informed his guest that the Rat was .the most useful of the four, for the noise he made... | |
| 1807 - 458 pages
...animals went to the dish, and without disturbing each other, fed together ; after which the dog, cat, and rat lay before the fire, while the raven hopped...The landlord, after accounting for the familiarity that existed among them, informed his guest that the rat was the most useful of the four, for the noise... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 524 pages
...animals went to the dish, and without disturbing each other, fed together : after which the dog, cat, and rat, lay before the fire, while the raven hopped about the rooui. The landlord, after accounting for the familiarity which existed among the animals, informed... | |
| Peter Buchan - 1824 - 156 pages
...animals went to the dish, and without disturbing each other, fed together; after which the dog, cat, and rat, lay before the fire, while the raven hopped about the room. In Borlase's Natural history of Cornwall, we have an account of a hare which was so domesticated, as... | |
| Reuben Percy - 1826 - 380 pages
...animals went to the dish, and without disturbing each other, fed together ; after which the dog, cat, and rat lay before the fire, while the raven hopped about the room. MOUSE OF HUSAFELL. The mouse which has given to Husafell, in Jutland, a celebrity which it might not... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...four went to the dish, and, without disturbing each other, fed together : after which, the dog, cat, and rat, lay before the fire, while the raven hopped...that the Rat was the most useful of the four ; for that the noise he made had completely freed the house from the Rats and mice with which it had been... | |
| 1829 - 494 pages
...four went to the dish, and, without disturbing each other, fed together ; after which, the dog, cat, and Rat lay before the fire, while the raven hopped...that the Rat was the most useful of the four ; for that the noise he made had completely freed the house from the Rats and mice with which it had been... | |
| Wonders - 1847 - 444 pages
...to the dish, and without disturbing each other, fed together ; after which the dog, the cat, and the rat lay before the fire, while the raven hopped about...that the rat was the most useful of the four ; for that the noise he made had completely freed the house from the rats and mice, with which it had been... | |
| Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 628 pages
...four went to the dish, and without disturbing each other, fed together ; after which, the dog, cat, and Rat lay before the fire, while the raven hopped...that the Rat was the most useful of the four; for that the noise he made had completely freed the house from the Rats and mice with which it had been... | |
| Edward Pett Thompson - 1851 - 434 pages
...while the raven hopped about the * Bingley. room. The landlord, after accounting for the familiarity of these animals, informed his guest that the rat was...four ; for the noise he made had completely freed his house from the rats and mice with which it was before infested. Among social quadrupeds, the beavers... | |
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