Traits and Anecdotes of Animals1861 - 340 pages |
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Traits and anecdotes of Animals. [By W. W. Cooper.] With illustrations by Wolf No preview available - 1861 |
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ADVENTURE Africa AFRICAN LEOPARD alligator ancient animal Arab attack bank bear beast bird blood bold breed brought bushes Captain Woodhouse carcase carnivora carried chase claws colour creature crocodile dead devour distance eagle eyes favourite feet fire forest gallop giraffe GODOLPHIN ARABIAN grizzly bear ground Guacho hand head hippopotamus horse humming-birds hundred hyænas Indian instance instantly jacaré jackals jaguar jaws keepers killed lasso legs length leopard lion look master montaria mouth MUNGO PARK neck nest night noble panther party passed paws Pliny present prey puma quadrupeds Regent's Park remarkable retreat rhinoceros rifle river roar rushed saddle Saï says seen seized shot side skin soon South Africa spear species spot spring steed stood suddenly tail teeth tiger tongue took tree tribe turned Wadi Halfa whilst wild wings wolf wolves wounded yards young ziczac Zoological Gardens
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Page ix - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 150 - 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 221 - I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 150 - 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 301 - But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
Page 259 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country ; he is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly...
Page 150 - And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 224 - Each seeming want compensated of course, Here with degrees of swiftness, there of force; All in exact proportion to the state; Nothing to add, and nothing to abate.
Page 87 - How can I praise or blame, and not offend, Or how divide the frailty from the friend? Her faults and virtues lie so mix'd that she Nor wholly stands condemn'd, nor wholly free.
Page 158 - I do not approve of are riding of running horses, there being much cheating in that kind ; neither do I see why a brave man should delight in a creature whose chief use is to help him to run away.