 | 1856 - 332 pages
...extraordinary imitative powers, Wilson, the ornithologist, says, " He whistles for the dog, and Cfesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master....of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of the passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity. He repeats the tune taught him by his... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 pages
...the hen hurries about with hanging wings, and bristled feathers, clucking to protect its lit* jured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat,...of a passing wheelbarrow, follow, with great truth and rapidity. Ho repeats the tuno taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 pages
...In confinement he loses little of the power or energy of his song. He whistles for the dog ; Cesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He cries like a hurt chicken, and the hen hurries about, with feathers on end, to protect her injured... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 226 pages
...imitating the noises66 made by other animals, and by man himself. He whistles43 for the dog ; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master....hanging wings and bristled feathers, clucking to protect its injured brood. The Marking44 of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...ono sequence ni melodious sounds Pours all their music." 15. It squeaks out like a hurt chicken—the hen hurries about with hanging wings and bristled...The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the screaking of the passing wheelbarrow, or the whistle of the idle school-boy, follow with great truth... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 226 pages
...about with hanging wings and bristled feathers, clucking to protect its injured brood. The barking4 ' of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow, with great truth and rapidity. 6. Deer often engage in a sham battle, or a trial of strength, by twisting their horns... | |
 | William King Tweedie - Christian life - 1857 - 396 pages
...a hurt chicken, and the hen flutters her drooping wing and bristling feathers, eager to defend her brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the tune taught by his master, the quivering notes of the canary, all are repeated by the mocker ; and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...In confinement he loses little of the power or energy of his song. He whistles for the dog ; Cœsar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He cries like a hurt chicken, and the hen hurries about, with feathers on end, to protect her injured... | |
 | Society of Friends - 1859 - 852 pages
...he commences his song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caasar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master....feathers, clucking, to protect her injured brood. He runs over the quivering of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master....feathers, clucking, to protect her injured brood. He runs over the quaverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or... | |
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... injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity. 
