Animals in Social Captivity

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Stewart & Kidd Company, 1914 - 95 頁
 

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第 92 頁 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
第 90 頁 - 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 ! — Bred by Ulysses...
第 92 頁 - 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.
第 87 頁 - The dog,* independent of the beauty of his form, his vivacity, force, and swiftness, is possessed of all those internal qualifications that can conciliate the affections of man, and make the tyrant a protector. A natural share of courage, an angry and ferocious disposition, renders the dog, in its savage state, a formidable enemy to all other animals : but these readily give way to very different qualities in the domestic dog, whose only ambition seems...
第 52 頁 - ... the waters, they glide before us like beings of fancy. They diversify the still landscape with the most lively motion and beautiful association; they come and go with the change of the seasons, and as their actions are directed by an uncontrollable instinct of provident nature, they may be considered as concomitant with the beauty of the surrounding scene. With what grateful sensations do we hail these...
第 94 頁 - Don't you know? We come to earth to cwy, We gwow oldeh and we sigh, Oldeh still and then we die, Don't you know?
第 58 頁 - Unto us a child is born, . . . and his name shall be called WonderfuL" Jesus once said of his lessons: "My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent me.
第 80 頁 - Protestants' sake ; Munching crawling caterpillars, Beetles mixed with moths and millers ; Instead of butter, on his bread, A sauce of butterflies was spread. Was not this a horrid feast For a Christian and a priest? " Now, if you do not credit me, Consult D'Aubigne's history.
第 6 頁 - ... that there was any meaning to decipher. Now glimpses of the truth are gradually revealing themselves; we perceive that there is a reason — and in many cases we know what that reason is — for every difference in form, in size and in color ; for every bone, and every feather, almost for every hair. Moreover, each problem which is s'olved opens out vistas, as it were, of others perhaps even more interesting. With this...
第 92 頁 - ... courageous, he does not give way to his impetuosity, and knows how to check his inclinations; he not only submits to the arm which guides him, but even seems to consult the desires of his rider, and, always obedient to the impressions which he receives from him, presses on, moves gently, or stops, and only acts as his rider pleases. The Horse is a creature which renounces his...

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