The dog: its origin, natural history and varietiesWm. S. Orr and Company, 1851 - Počet stran: 3 |
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Strana 24 - His watchmen are blind : they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark ; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Strana 22 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Strana 20 - Nor yet quite deserted, though lonely extended, For faithful in death, his mute favourite attended, The much-loved remains of her master defended, And chased the hill-fox and the raven away. How long didst thou think that his silence was slumber ? When the wind waved his garment, how oft didst thou start...
Strana 89 - 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...
Strana 20 - Thus, near the gates conferring as they drew, Argus, the dog, his ancient master knew; He, not unconscious of the voice and tread, Lifts to the sound his ear, and rears his head...
Strana 1 - ... the intelligence of the dog to reason, that we are sometimes puzzled to account for the actions which result from it. As Pope says, when apostrophizing the elephant — " Twixt that and reason, what a nice barrier I For ever separate, yet for ever near,
Strana 25 - With fattening whey the mastiff's generous breed, And Spartan race, who, for the fold's relief, Will persecute with cries the nightly thief, Repulse the prowling wolf, and hold at bay The mountain robbers rushing to the prey.
Strana 45 - said Carragh to the boy, ' as the two wolves usually enter the opposite extremities of the sheepfold at the same time, I must leave you and one of the dogs to guard this one while I go to the other. He steals with all the caution of a cat, nor will you hear him, but the dog will, and...
Strana 41 - Nevertheless he is extremely beautiful and majestic to appearance, being the greatest of the dog kind to be seen in the world. The largest of those I have seen, and I have seen above a dozen, was about four feet high, or as tall as a calf of a year old. He was made extremely like a greyhound, but rather more robust, and inclining to the figure of the French matin, or the great Dane. His eye was mild, his colour white, and his nature seemed heavy and phlegmatic. This I ascribed to his having been...
Strana 78 - ... still near a bunch of heather, the tail expressing the anxiety of the mind by moving regularly backwards and forwards. At last out sprang a. fine old blackcock. Bang ! bang ! went both barrels, but the bird escaped unhurt. The patience of the dog was now quite exhausted, and, instead of dropping to charge, he turned boldly round, placed his tail between his legs, gave one howl, long and loud, and set off as fast as he could to his own home.