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Atossa Thou hast seen Atossa sage =THE CAT Sit for hours beside thy cage; Thou wouldst chirp, thou foolish bird, Flutter, chirp,— she never stirred What were now these toys to her? Down she sank amid her fur; Eyed thee with a soul resign'd, And thou deemedst cats were kind! Cruel, but composed and bland, Dumb, inscrutable, and grand; So Tiberius might have sat, Had Tiberius been a cat. Poor Matthias, Matthew Arnold. 84
THE CAT- Moumoutte Blanche I had been long without a cat when Moumoutte Blanche was brought to me. She lay, a tiny ball of white fur, on the red carpet, and I lifted her up very gently with both hands, so that she might be reassured, and say to herself after the manner of kittens : " This is a man who understands how to hold me, who is a friend, and whose caresses I can venture to receive with condescension ! " Such a pretty little cat as she was, her baby eyes yellow and gleaming, her tiny nose rose pink, her fur deep and soft, warm to the touch, and beautifully clean. A patch of black on her forehead looked like a coquettish little bonnet, another on her shoul- ders, like a cape; her tail was black, her throat and paws whiter than swan's down. She weighed nothing, this bundle of nerves, of snowy fur, of subtle and infinite caprice. After a time she grew to love us, as a cat loves, with no docility, but with an unalterable and touch- ing constancy, which well deserves that I should hold her memory dear. In the spring, when the pale March sun warmed the chilly earth, she had the ever-repeated delight of watching Sulei'ma, the tortoise, her friend and fellow guest, crawl down the garden paths. In the lovely May weather she 85
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THE CAT by AGNES REPPLIER Classic L
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World Public Library The World Publ
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OUR FRIENDS, THE BEASTS A SERIES OF
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Copyright, 1912 By STURGIS & WALTON
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THE CAT AMONG FOES To a Cat Which H
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THE CAT IN THE NURSERY CONTENTS Edu
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THE CAT
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THE CAT There is no word of Shakesp
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THE CAT tude of neutrality towards
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The Cat THE CAT On some grave busin
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THE CAT: The Cat of Egypt The numbe
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THE CAT= The Cat as a Royal Envoy T
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THE CAT= An Appreciation I value in
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THE CAT= The Cat I like the simple
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THE CAT^ Around, in sympathetic mir
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THE CAT A Poet's Kitten I have a ki
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THE CAT= Erected stiff, and gait aw
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THE CAT: And yet, for that thou has
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THE CAT: that crossing the room? Wh
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THE CAT= Good and Bad Kittens Kitte
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THE CAT= Dido We have got the prett
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Page 90 and 91: Hinse of Hinsefeld THE CAT I have a
Page 92 and 93: Hodge, the Cat Burly and big his bo
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Page 104 and 105: The Two Cats THE CAT The spring was
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Page 110 and 111: Don Pierrot de Navarre THE CAT Pier
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Page 114 and 115: Nero THE CAT I own that when Agripp
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Page 124 and 125: THE CAT Oliver A long series of cat
Page 126 and 127: Mentu =THE CAT The wild nature in M
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THE CAT The captain's humanity did
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THE CAT without his mascot, but to
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The Point of View THE CAT " Dog," s
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An Encounter THE CAT One day a frie
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The Retired Cat A poet's cat, sedat
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Awaken'd by the shock, cried Puss,
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Moral. Beware of too sublime a sens
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THE CAT An Outcast My father had a
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A Poet to the Rescue =THE CAT Passi
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The Colubriad Close by the threshol
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Discipline THE CAT A female cat is
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THE CAT On the Death of a Favourite
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Marigold =THE CAT She moved through
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A Sea Fight THE CAT "Prince," said
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Six little mice sat down to spin, P
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The Cattie Sits in the Kiln-Ring Th
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Grisette Dines Always well behaved
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