| 单词 | dormouse |
| 例句 | “Don’ mind if it wriggles a bit, I think I still got a couple o’ dormice in one o’ the pockets.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The dormice were timid gnomes that looked up at her with wide eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The dormice were huddled miserably together, their necks looped cruelly together on a rope. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The dormouse had faithfully carried out his part in the dreadful scheme; Cluny must surely keep to his word. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Madame Semele bent down and pulled a wooden cage from the cluttered space beneath her bed, and she took the blinking dormouse from her pocket and placed it into the cage. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we was rootin’ about by some hedges, Chief,” said Scumnose, “and we found a whole tribe of dormice fast asleep. So we pounced on ’em and tied them up in a bunch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The unlucky dormouse crumpled to the ground without a sound. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The first sight that greeted the dormouse’s hazy vision was three sparrows standing over him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She looked around the clearing then and found that she was surrounded by all manner of forest creatures—owls and foxes, dormice and squirrels, bees and deer and rabbits. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Stealing quietly out of the gatehouse study the dormouse headed north, staying well within the deep shadow of the wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The dormouse felt the good food turn to ashes in his mouth at the thought of his betrayal of fellow mice, but there was no alternative if he wanted to save his family. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z An anguished moan arose from the dormice lying in the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “See that no creature goes near them. Stand guard night and day. If just one of these dormice is missing, you’ll both end up on a roasting spit. Is that clear?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Yvaine also cared for the dormouse, who spent most of his time fast asleep, curled up with his head between his paws. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Pan was curled up like a dormouse between cat Ben’s paws, both fast asleep. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "When you were the dormouse, my son," said the woman. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The capture of the dormice would prove an even more devious avenue to the conquest of Redwall, provided he played his cards right. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The dormouse explained in a shaky voice: “My family, sir. My mother, father, brothers, sisters, and my wife and two little ones. Oh please, sir, spare them, I beg you!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "There is something of the dormouse in him still," said the dark-haired woman. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z And then she dropped the dormouse into the pocket of her apron and she clambered onto the caravan. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The dormouse watched Cluny’s eye rove lazily from his family to the blazing inferno. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "There are the two mules who pull my caravan, myself, a maid-servant I keep in the form of a large bird, and a young man in the form of a dormouse." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The twenty dormice were dragged forward in a pitiable condition. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She opened the cage door, and picked out the sleeping dormouse with bony fingers. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The dormouse rubbed its liquid black eyes with its forepaws and blinked at the fading daylight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z And so the weeks passed, in a rattling, bone-jarring sort of a way, in the witch's caravan, for the witch, and the bird, and the dormouse, and the fallen star. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Of forest lore he had studied deeply, and Taran listened in wonder as Adaon told the ways and natures of woodland creatures, of bold badgers and cautious dormice and geese winging under the moon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The awesome power of the neutron star is lurking in the nucleus of every atom, hidden in every teacup and dormouse, every breath of air, every apple pie. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps we can actually learn more from badgers and frogs than we can from dormice. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z We humans, having a few more worldly commitments and physical limitations than your average dormouse, are unable to do the same, but we can allow winter to modify the rhythms of our lives. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z She was really looking forward to her farewell banquet that night: roasted dormice on the menu. Speaking stones: the Roman Baths at Bath 2011-04-07T12:02:58Z Research has also revealed strange delicacies — such as dormouse, which would have been stuffed with pork and served as a starter — as well as the remnants of Mediterranean diet stalwarts: olives, nuts, figs, dates, lentils. How to Eat Dinner Like the Last Citizens of Pompeii 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z As I learned when I held one – a perfect ball of amber fur rolling in my palm like a marble – you can leave fingerprints in a sleeping dormouse. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Meals eaten there might start with eggs, olives, savory pastries, and sometimes dormice. Stuffed Dormouse and Fish Gut Sauce: The Flavors of Pompeii 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z I recently visited hibernating dormice at Wildwood Trust just outside Canterbury. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Other winners included a photo of hares in Derbyshire through the seasons and a documentary portfolio of images of hazel dormouse monitoring. British Wildlife Photography Awards 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z This was fine, if you could get past the ever-nagging suspicion that Nick Robinson has been somehow borrowed from Pixar, where he played a political dormouse in something called perhaps The Pest Wing. Sherlock; Dispatches: Britain's Witch Children; Orchestra United 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z She jumps up, follows him to his hole, tumbles down it, and winds up in an unfamiliar world of talking caterpillars and narcoleptic dormice and disappearing cats: Wonderland, in all its weirdness. The Rabbit-Hole Rabbit Hole 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z She holds a hibernating dormouse, a slumbering creature “the size of a walnut,” in the palm of her hand. ‘Wintering’ Offers Hopeful Perspective on Embracing Difficult Times 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z They include UK wildlife icons such as the turtle dove and hazel dormouse. Nature crisis: One in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z A rare tree dormouse has been found in an Austrian forest, after not being seen in the wild for over 20 years. Rare tree dormouse not seen for 20 years found in Austria 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Monkeypox has shown a knack for infecting a wide range of mammals including squirrels, rats, dormice, monkeys and, of course, us. Dog infected with monkeypox prompts isolation warning 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The monkeypox virus is primarily found in Central and West Africa, particularly in areas close to tropical rainforests — and rope squirrels, tree squirrels, Gambian pouched rats and dormice have all been identified as potential carriers. Don’t Blame Monkeys for Monkeypox, W.HO. Says After Attacks 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The name “monkeypox” emerged after researchers in Denmark used the primates to identify the virus — which is transmitted by a number of animals and not just nonhuman primates — including rats, dormice and squirrels. WHO asks people not to attack monkeys over monkeypox 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z The native dormouse has suffered declines of more than half since 2000 and has vanished from 17 English counties. Hazel dormice released to create 'northern stronghold' near Carnforth 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The African rope squirrel is a leading candidate as the primary reservoir for monkeypox, but there are other contenders, including striped mice and dormice, giant pouched rats, rusty-nosed rats and brush-tailed porcupines. Scientists Zero In on Origins of the Monkeypox Outbreak 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z It is primarily found in Central and West Africa, particularly in areas close to tropical rainforests — and rope squirrels, tree squirrels, Gambian pouched rats and dormice have all been identified as potential carriers. How Serious Is Monkeypox? 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Those who were infected had come in contact with pet prairie dogs obtained from an animal distributor in suburban Chicago that had been housed near Gambian giant rats and dormice that came from Ghana. Sex, rashes and outbreaks: A rational guide to the moneypox risk in California 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The confirmed cases had contact with pet prairie dogs obtained from an animal distributor in suburban Chicago that had been housed near Gambian giant rats and dormice that came from Ghana. Monkeypox: Why L.A. is watching out for this rare but potentially serious illness 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Thirty-nine hazel dormice have been released in rural Lancashire to create a "northern stronghold" for the under-threat rodents. Hazel dormice released to create 'northern stronghold' near Carnforth 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Police carrying out a drugs raid on a cannabis farm in southern Italy have seized a stash of 235 frozen dormice - said to be a mafia delicacy. Dormice favoured by Italian mafia seized in drugs raid 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z The group has also had to contend with a colony of bats who share the hut, as well as the great crested newts and dormice that live nearby. Island Farm prisoner of war camp volunteers battle to buy visitor centre 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The area is also home to a nesting pair of peregrine falcons, bats, adders and dormice, according to local residents. Campaign to halt development of Carmarthenshire quarry 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Hopefully, said Mr White, there will be dormouse babies in Lancashire this summer. Thousandth dormouse brought back to the wild 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z "This work has led to a diverse woodland structure which makes the chosen area the ideal habitat for dormice," he added. Hazel dormice released to create 'northern stronghold' near Carnforth 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z After discovering more than 700 cannabis plants, police searched outbuildings and found cages of dormice and freezers filled with carcasses. Dormice favoured by Italian mafia seized in drugs raid 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z This is what a snoozing dormouse sounds like. Your Pandemic Tech Habits 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Some people can also echolocate by clicking their tongues, a behavior shared by only a few other animals, including tenrecs, a shrew-like animal from Madagascar, and the Vietnamese pygmy dormouse, which is effectively blind. Echolocation is nature’s built-in sonar. Here’s how it works. 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z "One of my go-to dormouse facts is that the newborn babies are the size of raisins," he said. Thousandth dormouse brought back to the wild 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The park is home to the edible dormouse, so named because the ancient Romans would cook the chubby rodents right before they went into hibernation and then dip them in honey. Sleepy dormice are losing their cozy tree hollows 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Wildlife groups say baked dormice are served to honour high-ranking gangsters at banquets organised by the powerful Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia clan. Dormice favoured by Italian mafia seized in drugs raid 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z She urged anyone seeing a dormouse to register the sighting online to help conservation efforts. Dozy dormouse gets stuck in garden bird feeder on the Isle of Wight 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Others, rather than manoeuvre themselves through the hoops erected by public goods, may decide to turn their land over to enterprises less favourable to dormice and goldfinches: go-karting, motorbike scrambling or parcel distribution. The end of farming? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z I would snort powdered dormouse bones if someone told me it guaranteed eight hours. Can’t get to sleep? Blame it on the endless advice about insomnia | Emma Beddington 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The edible dormouse is listed as threatened in all those countries. Sleepy dormice are losing their cozy tree hollows 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Police said the dormice were discovered on Saturday after a search at the farm in Reggio Calabria was extended to nearby ruins and other properties. Dormice favoured by Italian mafia seized in drugs raid 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z A ringing licence will be a boost for his professional skillset, like his qualification in the trapping and handling of dormice for wildlife surveys. Close encounters with Britain’s birdlife 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Other entrants included a yawning dormouse, a photobombing sea turtle and a rather shocked seal. Nature's funny moments compete for prize 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Each section begins with a recipe, ranging from honeyed wine and mustard beets to grilled mullet and dormice. Review: Food is the true main course in ‘Feast of Sorrow’ 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Research studies in both Lithuania and the United Kingdom reveal that not only do dormice use the nest boxes, the devices seem to increase their populations. Sleepy dormice are losing their cozy tree hollows 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z It is said that bosses of the 'Ndrangheta - godfathers and clan leaders - make their most important decisions in front of a plate of dormice, Italy's Il Corriere della Sera newspaper reported. Dormice favoured by Italian mafia seized in drugs raid 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Clarke added, “No doubt somewhere there is a Hatter holding a tea party with a dormouse.” Britain Jumps Into a Brexit Wonderland 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Upstairs, the crafts room is populated with small felted friends - the first bear Pauline ever made, an inquisitive wren, a plump dormouse napping in a pretty china cup. Heartfelt art: Animal kingdom comes to life in unspun wool 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z “No doubt there is somewhere a hatter holding a tea party with a dormouse,” he added. Many U.K. lawmakers signal they’ll back govt’s Brexit bill 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Neris Regional Park’s dormouse nest box and conservation program began in 2005 as part of a sustainable forestry certification with the Forest Stewardship Council, based in Bonn, Germany. Sleepy dormice are losing their cozy tree hollows 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Edible dormice were a delicacy in ancient Rome. Dormice favoured by Italian mafia seized in drugs raid 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Rodents were consumed later in history, with the dormouse regarded as a delicacy during Roman times. Stone Age people 'roasted rodents for food' - archaeologists - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The State of Britain's Dormice report also shows that hazel dormice are extinct in 17 English counties. Dormice in Britain 'vulnerable to extinction' - BBC News 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Meanwhile in North Wales, Plaid Cymru's Llyr Gruffydd has agreed to speak out on behalf of the dormouse. Rare animals and plants paired with Welsh politicians - BBC News 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z A dormouse nest box resembles a standard birdhouse spun around backward and lashed to a tree trunk. Sleepy dormice are losing their cozy tree hollows 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z There was a dormouse-hunting season when dormouse delicacies appeared on menus. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z After all, much of America at the time was screaming along to a Jefferson Airplane refrain: "Remember what the dormouse said. Feed your head." How Paul Kantner and Jefferson Airplane delivered LSD music to the masses 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z They are extremely tricky to locate - a populated area the size of two football fields will only contain four dormice. Dormice in Britain 'vulnerable to extinction' - BBC News 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z In the UK hedgehogs, bats and dormice fully hibernate, while further afield bears are famous for the very long winter sleeps they need. Best children's books on winter 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Since 1981, dormice are protected wildlife in the U.K., so you shouldn’t put them in your pocket. Sleepy dormice are losing their cozy tree hollows 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Short, lean and quiet as a dormouse, he sat with the assistant principal as she leafed through his transcript and tried to engage him. A Long Hardwood Journey 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The exploits of his heroine are so headlong, and so elastic in their range, that he could almost be rebuking himself for his own inclination to sit tight, like a dormouse. Go Ask Alice 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The report says the dormouse is now vulnerable to extinction in Britain. Dormice in Britain 'vulnerable to extinction' - BBC News 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The notoriously sleepy dormouse may be even sleepier than previously thought and researchers say naps help the animals survive until hibernation. Dormice 'take naps to fatten up' 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z "From kites to ospreys, from dormice to otters and marsh violets to bog myrtle. " Osprey £1.4m observatory opens 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z This photo was the overall winning photo and is of a Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse hunting in Turkey. Pictures: Animals as they're rarely seen 2013-11-21T18:15:43Z Mr Evans said as well as birds, visitors will be able to see otters, dormice, some of the reserve's near 500 different species of moths and 96 plant species. Osprey observatory nears completion 2013-11-19T12:18:11Z Ian White is dormouse officer at the People's Trust for Endangered Species. Dormice in Britain 'vulnerable to extinction' - BBC News 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Researchers in Vienna found that when less food was available, garden dormice used a short sleep-like state called torpor to save energy. Dormice 'take naps to fatten up' 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z The Woodland Trust says the continuing loss of native ancient woods in Wales could mean the dormouse faces a similar fate in Wales. Dormouse 'could disappear' warning 2013-11-06T13:44:22Z The team want to use the information to get a better understanding of the dormice. Pictures: Dormice get microchipped 2012-10-08T13:56:31Z Only dormice that weigh more than 10g, aged around one month to six weeks old, are given the trackers. Microchips for northern dormice 2012-10-08T08:16:15Z Infrared lightboxes allowed the researchers to film the nocturnal dormice "whisking" in the dark Dormice use their whiskers to help them climb trees, researchers say. Dormice whiskers 'aid climbing' 2012-05-29T07:12:27Z The researcher added that he hopes to learn more about the garden dormouse ecology in order to aid their conservation, as their numbers are in decline. Dormice 'take naps to fatten up' 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z It is not only woodland that puts the dormouse under pressure, the loss of hedgerows - with some parts of the UK having lost half of their hedgerows - is also a factor according to the trust. Dormouse 'could disappear' warning 2013-11-06T13:44:22Z Chester Zoo staff find a dormouse in a special nesting box in Cheshire Woodland. Pictures: Dormice get microchipped 2012-10-08T13:56:31Z The team aim to collect a further three years of data, a decade's worth in total, in order to better understand the movements and requirements of the dormice. Microchips for northern dormice 2012-10-08T08:16:15Z The relation between the internal body-temperature and the respiratory movements has been worked out in hibernating dormice, hedgehogs, marmots and bats. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The food-restricted dormice used torpor more frequently and entered the sleep-like state for longer than those animals that were able to feed freely. Dormice 'take naps to fatten up' 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z The trust estimates that there are now about 45,000 dormice spread across the UK. Dormouse 'could disappear' warning 2013-11-06T13:44:22Z As soon as ever Bessie got into it, she burrowed under the clothes like a dormouse, and went fast asleep. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z In the one case the guest hopes, in the other the house boasts, the servant to be no dormouse and the host no leech. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Hibernation and Aestivation.—The physiology of hibernation, as exemplified in mammalia, has been worked out in detail by several observers in the case of some European species, notably bats, hedgehogs, dormice and marmots. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z "Then what a saint a dormouse must be!" The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z In Wales, the Woodland Trust said it was aware of the loss or damage to six ancient woods in the last decade in counties known to have dormouse populations. Dormouse 'could disappear' warning 2013-11-06T13:44:22Z Good morning, little dormouse," she said in her pretty soft voice, "what are you doing out of your nest in late November? The Man with the Pan Pipes and other Stories 2012-02-06T03:00:12.143Z Shrew, shrōō, n. a brawling, troublesome woman: a scold: a family of insectivorous mammals closely resembling, in general form and appearance, the true mice and dormice—the head long, muzzle long and pointed.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z These stages have been especially recorded in the case of dormice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The little dormouse, as the air grows colder, gradually dozes off, and his breathing is very deep and slow. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z It said that it was hoping it could encourage landowners to help protect and encourage the dormouse. Dormouse 'could disappear' warning 2013-11-06T13:44:22Z "I saw a little dormouse at the corner of the common yesterday," said Cicely the next morning. The Man with the Pan Pipes and other Stories 2012-02-06T03:00:12.143Z Being very tired, he mounted the throne, seated himself on the soft mushroom cushion from which the gnome-King had just risen, and, ere that monarch returned, Fried was sleeping sound as a dormouse. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z The common dormouse is found all over Europe, the greater dormouse occupying a still more extended area. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The European dormouse is really a little squirrel. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z "The Woodland Trust is here to help anybody who would like to help by planting more trees, and for landowners who have dormice in their areas, we can offer extra funding," added Mr Tucker. Dormouse 'could disappear' warning 2013-11-06T13:44:22Z It would be something of a disappointment to him to hear it stated, as an established fact, that none of our hirundines do winter, fast asleep like dormice, in these islands. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The law not only interfered with the bill of expenses, but with the bill of fare; and, under the Consulship of M. Scaurus, the dormouse was excluded from the dinner-table as an enervating luxury. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z It is more the shape of a dormouse that has lost its tail in a trap. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z The dormouse usually wakes in every twenty-four hours, while the hedgehog's Winter naps are two or three days long. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z I make my burrow in your bundle of old clothes, and sleep there like a dormouse. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Many a time the twig that you brought wouldn't hurt a dormouse. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z We rushed your friend here, summoned the best surgeon in Brenton, and this Pep of yours is snug and comfortable as a dormouse—in bed in the best room in the house. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z There were tame dormice too, that peeped out from among the withered leaves or climbed about on the may-trees close beside our garden hammocks. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Throw the whole of that dormouse guard into the tower," commanded the king; "they can sleep themselves sober, and so be better able to keep their eyes open another time. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z In June, pre-breeding numbers are estimated by dividing the number of dormice found by the number of nest boxes. In Pictures 2011-06-17T08:39:12Z Wildlife experts in Cheshire are studying how dormice are coping after being released into the wild. In pictures 2011-06-06T12:19:57Z For the next few weeks I mean to be quiet as a dormouse, and two pages of Latin a day will keep me pretty busy. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z "Don't care came to a bad end," quoted a dormouse voice among the blankets. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z There are no birds in Muteland, and the only beasts there are dormice and salamanders. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z The People's Trust for Endangered Species is embarking on a survey of the UK's endangered dormouse population to gauge whether the mammals are still in decline. In Pictures 2011-06-17T08:39:12Z The dormouse spends three quarters of its life asleep. In pictures 2011-06-06T12:19:57Z Also reflecting the island effect, two of the rabbit’s neighbors grew to considerable size: a Cheirogaster land tortoise and a Muscardinus species that was a relative giant among dormice. Supersized Superbunny 2011-04-04T14:55:00Z I'd like to wrap you in cotton-wool and pack you away in a box to sleep like a dormouse till the warm weather woke you up! A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z The author even descends to instructions with regard to keeping and fattening snails and dormice. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Hazel dormice live for up to five years, hibernating on the ground in the winter and living in the trees for the summer. In Pictures 2011-06-17T08:39:12Z The study in Cheshire is the first of its kind on re-introduced population of dormice. In pictures 2011-06-06T12:19:57Z In a very few seconds the whole of the lads were as fast asleep as dormice. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Little Minie, running past her sister’s door, glanced in, and stood transfixed with horror at the sight of Jane rolled up like a dormouse, and still dozing peacefully. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Before he was nine he made a collection of the nests of the dormouse. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z Several hundred monitors now check designated woodland areas every spring and autumn, recording resident dormice. In Pictures 2011-06-17T08:39:12Z "Oh, but we call people what they are; and when little girls roll up into a ball, and sleep away their time, they are like nothing so much as—dormice." A Flight with the Swallows Little Dorothy's Dream 2011-03-04T03:00:54.547Z But it was dogged by delays, with problems ranging from grant funding to the discovery of rare dormice. Film studios in uncertain future 2011-03-03T11:28:04Z These "princes" are always humble, and invariably the same in their treatment of both ordinary people, and, what we called at Cambridge "rabbits" or undergraduates of the dormouse breed. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z In process of time the deserters were proved to be dormice, but we thought the mistake amusing, and ever after called the attic "the deserter's attic." Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The most effective, according to report, was to anoint the backbone with the grease of moles, bats and dormice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The box contained two little figures like dormice, with long tails and bright eyes, in a cosy nest. A Flight with the Swallows Little Dorothy's Dream 2011-03-04T03:00:54.547Z Roddy, surfeited, with a nearly empty bag, was rolled up in the corner like a happy dormouse. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z "But suppose——" "Oh, suppress that dormouse!" exclaimed some of the March Hares. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Well, there warn't much to be expected out of this, for they had no papers, and they lodge by the fortnight; yet, since they've been here, they haven't moved any more than a dormouse. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Within ten days from his beginning to sleep, the dormouse awoke, and ate a little. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Bears and dormice, that sleep all the winter, are cold during their sleep, while their breathing and circulation almost entirely stop. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. But there was no possibility of making his cousin Gotobed hear; for you must know, that a dormouse is a very sleepy little fellow indeed; even more so than a squirrel. The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds He kept them in a box behind the window-curtains in his bedroom, and the other boys had twelve brown ones and a dormouse. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story Others of the courtiers wore precious jackets of Judean dormouse, or weasel—gowns much prized and as dainty and delicate as the skin of a bird. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century Mr. Mangili, an Italian naturalist, made some curious experiments upon the dormouse. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Before retiring they become very fat, and at such times the edible dormouse is a favourite article of diet on the Continent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The tail of the dormouse is handsome, and useful also, for when he sleeps he curls it over his head and back, to keep him warm and comfortable. The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds "Oh, yes, the young gentleman shall make his appearance," nodded Mrs. Jenny, "provided he doesn't sleep like a little dormouse." Gertrude's Marriage In another room they spread moss and dry grass for beds, and there the seven little men would sleep like dormice. Lulu's Library, Volume II "And then, such as it is, it is filled with dormice, who eat everything." Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The fur of the dormouse is tawny above and paler beneath, with a white patch on the throat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Perhaps before I have finished this tale I may have something more to tell you about little Gotobed, the dormouse. The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds I am not a habitual dormouse, and don't like being called one. The Wine-ghosts of Bremen Among the rodents there are nine genera with twenty-seven species wholly confined to it, while several others, as the hamsters, the dormice, and the pikas, have only a few species elsewhere. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras "Indeed, I should think not," replied Monte Cristo: "dormice are bad neighbors for us who do not eat them preserved, as the Romans did." Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius, ranging from England to Russia and Asia, is of the size of a mouse and mainly chestnut-coloured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The tail of the dormouse, which easily comes off, and the extremely bushy tail of the squirrel, are probably of use in the same manner. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" They must stop somewhere between a dog and a dormouse. Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" The Nearctic region has no hedgehogs, nor wild pigs, nor dormice, and only one wild sheep in the Rocky Mountains as against twenty species of sheep and goats in the Pal�arctic region. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras "I have just discovered the method of ridding a gardener of the dormice that eat his peaches." Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 In their arboreal life, and the habit of sitting up on their hind-legs with their food grasped in the fore-paws, dormice are like squirrels, from which they differ in being completely nocturnal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Probably it is said in England of the dormouse, which also sleeps winters, as does the woodchuck, though I believe lightly compared with our animal. Old Plymouth Trails Even prehistoric Romans ate dormice cooked in honey! The Hate Disease They go to sleep, like the dormouse, in the winter, but they do not make a burrow; they cover themselves with earth by scraping it up and throwing it over their bodies. Happy Days for Boys and Girls "What! did the Romans eat them?" said the gardener; "eat dormice?" Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 At the beginning of the cold season the common dormouse retires to its nest, and curling itself up in a ball, becomes dormant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" "Yes, there he was, sleeping as peaceful as a dormouse in his silk pyjamas," she remarked. Tante "Well, there's a good deal of the dormouse in Lucy," Vera said. Love and Lucy She had been familiarised with sorrow through fine gradations of funereal tragedy, having witnessed the passing of her canary, her dormouse, and her rabbit. Audrey Craven The fat dormouse of the South of Europe is the size of a rat, arboreal rodent, living in trees. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Have you ever seen a little boy picking dormice out of a cage? Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences "All the same, he'd better go back into his cage," said Fritz, who had a right to be heard, as he was the master and owner of the dormice. The Adventures of Herr Baby He had guinea-pigs, of course, then he had three rabbits and a pair of dormice and a canary; and he had some pigeons. Humpty Dumpty's Little Son He was so weary, however, that he could not keep his eyes open, and presently he was as sound asleep as a dormouse. Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box Gipsy had further to form an acquaintance with two dogs, three cats, a dormouse, and a tame starling, before she was considered intimate with the whole household, but after that she felt thoroughly at home. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life As quietly as some little dormouse or night animal she stole along. The Madcap of the School She had left the room when the dormouse was caught, so she had not heard the wonderful news, and it had all to be told over again. The Adventures of Herr Baby Oh," says I, "then we've got no sort of dormouse up to be sure. The Man Who Drove the Car "Really, aunt Ellen, I am not a detective"—said the doctor carelessly, looking at Faith, who kept as quiet as a dormouse. Say and Seal, Volume I They tried to talk to him, to lend him books, to awaken him out of this dormouse sleep of the intellect, to break the spell which weighed him down. The Countess of Albany The dormouse put out her head and said, "Really the sun shines brighter"; But the butterfly answered, "Not yet, not yet," And folded his wings up tighter. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks His hands seemed too small to catch anything, even a dormouse. The Adventures of Herr Baby Mary Brazier asks what is the best food for a dormouse. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young He ate the dormouse Else it was he. The History of London For, in general, human nature loathes serpents, wolves, ravens, mice, and dormice, though certain tribes may be found who relish even these animals. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood "The honest old dormouse, out in the wood, He'd dig a good grave, if any one could." Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks "I dess I'll take a nappy now," he murmured, and in five minutes was sleeping as soundly as a dormouse. Nine Little Goslings "I, monseigneur, have not left the Palais Royal, where I slept like a dormouse, and the proof is, that I am telling you my dream." The Regent's Daughter I could not make Jane see that to buy a dormouse with the funds of the camera would be an irregular and punishable proceeding. Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 He and I had a room together, and he was nearly always fast asleep, like a fat dormouse, when I went up to bed. Peterkin When it was cut open, there was the dormouse in the middle, curled up, and fast asleep. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks I liked it much, and Yvon slept so like the dormouse that he never heard me creep in and out. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag A duel between two dormice, with moles as gravediggers. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Finally, in despair, I had to promise to ask her uncle if he would recognise the application of one quarter's payment to the purchase of a dormouse. Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 Lastly, we have to mention a small kind of hare, not so large as a rabbit, found in great abundance among the bushes, and a dormouse seen in the southern plains. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Another of the field-mice is the dormouse, that lives in the woods. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks "Vile dwellers in the earth, moles, badgers, dormice, ferrets, and water-rats, open the door and I'll cut off all your ears." Honey-Bee 1911 "Certainly not," was the answer; "the brass knockers are for the purpose of waking the people inside the house, who are always asleep with the cold—like dormice." Queensland Cousins Only, instead of a dormouse and a stamp-album, I chose to purchase smartness. Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 It was their spirits that made the villa prosper with its dove-cotes, its park for dormice, its poultry-yards protected by snares, and its hot stables embalmed with cedar. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul Once a dormouse was caught and kept in a cage, when it became quite tame, and a great pet with the children. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks "Let the dormouse go," said the beaver, "as he is the largest of us all." Thirty Indian Legends There isn’t anything eatable within sight—not so much as would make a dinner for a dormouse!” The Boy Slaves In a similar way, dormice, squirrels, and bears grow very fat before they retire to some snug hole to sleep out the long winter. Chatterbox, 1906 The dormouse, of course, was the biggest of all the creatures. The Book of Dragons Then the dormouse said, "Summer's really here, Since the swallows are homeward coming"; And the butterfly spread out his wings, and the bee Went louder and louder humming. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks Yes," said the wolf, "let the dormouse go. Thirty Indian Legends Zelinda and her father were so weary that they slept like dormice all night. Italian Popular Tales Anyhow, my revolver saved me, and was worth a dormouse. Adventures in Many Lands As it was, they made him a house, and it saved the expense of a brass band, because no band could possibly have been heard when the dormouse was talking in his sleep. The Book of Dragons Little Roger jumped up, boxed his brother’s ears in a decided manner, and finally, burying his small hands in Edmund’s light curly hair, gave him a dose of sensation which would have roused a dormouse. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time With that, they all began to call the dormouse. Thirty Indian Legends "Oh, what a lie," interrupted Harry; "and you mean to tell me that my dormice aren't fond of me, and that they don't prefer me to you—you clumsy monkey." Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World Before I went I swapped my dormouse with Jones ma. for his revolver. Adventures in Many Lands He brought her a whole litter of dormice, and tamed for her diversion a young magpie, whose first effort at flattery was "Pretty Phoebe!" Jesse Cliffe I leaped up from my place, with one bound came up to the departing man, and seized him before he could reach the door, just as a furious tiger fastens up a miserable dormouse. Debts of Honor At once the dormouse started towards the sun. Thirty Indian Legends "I am unacquainted with the state of the dormouse's health," he said—"disgusting little beasts," he added, turning for sympathy to Annie, whose bright dark eyes danced with fun as she watched him. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World I couldn't take the dormouse with me, and I knew you were bound to have a revolver when you risked your life among foreigners and brigands, which Italy is full of, as everybody knows. Adventures in Many Lands President John Adams so dreaded the bleak New England winter and the ill-warmed houses that he longed to sleep like a dormouse every year, from autumn to spring. Home Life in Colonial Days That nutting expedition was like a fairy dream to London-reared Inna; the lads showed her a squirrel or two, a dormouse not yet gone to its winter snooze, in its mossy bed-chamber. The Heiress of Wyvern Court As the dormouse began to smoke, he grew a little frightened, and when it began to shrivel he was terrified. Thirty Indian Legends Oh, can you tell me, please, father, if the dormouse has awakened yet? Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World But I was bound to go, for I wanted some wire to finish a cage I was making for my dormouse, who was running loose in my play-box and making everything in an awful mess. Adventures in Many Lands One beautiful little dark-eyed daughter of seven was playing in a West End Theatre as the dormouse in "Alice in Wonderland." A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell They summoned a council to debate upon the matter, and an old dormouse, suspecting where the trouble lay, proposed that some one should be appointed to go and cut the cord. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends In those days the dormouse was very large. Thirty Indian Legends "Isn't it most morning?" asked Tony, who had been sleeping like a dormouse. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. The dormouse had felt it coming, and had discreetly retired. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character At that time the dormouse was the largest animal in the world; when it stood up it looked like a mountain. Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian But the dormouse—or blind woman as it is called—was shrunk away to a very small size; and that is the reason why it is now one of the tiniest creatures upon the earth. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends They all looked around for the dormouse, but there was no sign of him. Thirty Indian Legends All were sad,—all but the envious dormouse, who chuckled maliciously, and said it was no more than they deserved. The Holy Cross and Other Tales “Only a small one—seeds, I think,” said the dormouse. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character At last the dormouse undertook it—for at this time the dormouse was the largest animal in the world. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians At last the venerable dormouse himself undertook it, for the very good reason that no one else would. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends Brother dormouse," said the fox, "you are so brave that we have chosen you to go in search of the sun. Thirty Indian Legends "So she has come back, has she?" sneered the dormouse. The Holy Cross and Other Tales “The second hazel on the left,” said the dormouse; “the third hollow from the top.” "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Then I’m blessed if I wasn’t asleep again, fast as a top—chap told me once that didn’t mean a spinning top, but a taupe, which he said was French for dormouse. To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze Oh, I say, you do like playing dormouse.” Steve Young "I am quite ready to go," replied the dormouse, "and if I cannot find the sun and send it to you, I shall not return myself." Thirty Indian Legends She carries dormice in her pocket, and keeps a lapdog and a squirrel. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) Before the dormouse had finished speaking the squirrel had started, and the boughs by which she reached it were still quivering as she returned. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character “I’ll give you anything of mine to make up,” said Nancy eagerly—“my bantam hen, or my dormouse, or my white kitten.” The Hawthorns A Story about Children It seems a more intense form of hibernation than that of our squirrel and dormouse. Wild Nature Won By Kindness But by this time the dormouse was a very small animal, and has remained so ever since. Thirty Indian Legends He ate the dormouse, Else it was me. The Little Mother Goose Before the dormouse had collected his wits, a fine kernel was thrust through the nest and the squirrel had once more regained her bough. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character He pondered over the problem; then made a dormouse completely wet over, and placed it in the freezing-mixture. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals A few small animals, the squirrel, field mouse, and dormouse, are store-keepers by nature. Chatterbox, 1905. She is a sort of human dormouse and, nineteen times out of twenty, I have had to wait for my breakfast. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee The dormouse in its wild state lives on fruits, seeds, nuts and buds. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Imagine a black pearl imprisoning a diamond; imagine a dewdrop trembling on polished jet; add to these beauties life, and you will have the dormouse eye. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character ‘It is probable that a continuous graduated scale might, as suggested by Hermann, be drawn up in the animal kingdom, from the excessively rapid contraction of insects to those of tortoises and hibernating dormice.’ Response in the Living and Non-Living I shall find some little sleepy Italian country-place, where we shall lay up like dormice, and just give King Frost the go-by for once. The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' During summer, I enjoy its temperature, but I shudder at the approach of winter, and wish I could sleep through it, with the dormouse, and only wake with him in spring, if ever. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States The common English dormouse is a most charming little animal, and a great pet with children. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon So is the dormouse tail; but the hairs along it do more than merely part. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Sometimes lodging in an inn, Cosey as a dormouse-- Sometimes sleeping on a knoll With no rooftree but the Pole-- Sometimes halely welcomed in At an old-time farmhouse. More Songs From Vagabondia With something of his uncle's person, he had inherited also his uncle's early taste for a domestic menagerie, and was very imperative in demanding Tina's sympathy in the welfare of his guinea-pigs, squirrels, and dormice. Scenes of Clerical Life After the long winter of separation, it is so sweet to bask in your presence, thawing like a numb dormouse in the sunshine of May. Infelice The dormouse lives in small societies in thickets and hedgerows, where it is as active in its way amongst the bushes and undergrowth as its cousin the squirrel upon the larger trees. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The dormouse came from halfway up the hazel, and the wood-mouse came from its roots. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character And then Tim curled himself round like a dormouse, and shut up his bright merry eyes, and in five minutes was fast asleep. Us An Old Fashioned Story This is the moment to escape," he whispered, turning to his father; "the Dog-Fish is sleeping like a dormouse, the sea is calm, and it is as light as day. Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet Among the very highest animals, the most familiar example of this sort of semi-torpidity is to be found among the bears and the dormice. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science I had two of these dormice alive for some time, but, as they bit and gnawed at everything intended to keep them in durance, I was obliged to kill both. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon To the dormouse’s eyes the glare was, for the first few moments, as painful as before, but this time it was tempered with moisture. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character But you, you dormouse, yes you, you call yourself a man! you! The Home in the Valley Winters shut me up as they do dormouse's eyes; in the spring, we shall see: and I am so much better that I seem turning round to the outward world again. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 The vulpine phalanger does duty for a fox; the fat and sleepy little dormouse phalanger takes the place of a European dormouse. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science I have been spending the last three weeks in the Ghâts, and, amongst other things, had a great hunt for the new spiny dormice. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon It’s not quite time for good little dormice. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character I turned away without answering, but Mr. Hamilton responded, in a melancholy voice— 'I have been suppressed, like the dormouse in Alice's teapot. Uncle Max After this we are not surprised at the following account of a dormouse. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London She slept according to her custom, like a dormouse, and woke refreshed to put up the fight of her life. The Torch and Other Tales These dormice eat through the covering of the pot as suspended, and enjoy themselves. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon “I wish you wouldn’t do that,” said the dormouse. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Of birds of passage, dormice, snakes, bats, swallows, quails, ringdoves, stare, chaffinch, hoopoe, chatterer, hawfinch, crossbill, rails and cranes. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life One regards this announcement with more or less incredulity; but little doubt seems to hang over the assertion that the dormouse has just been introduced into the list of French game-dishes. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 There are, however, certain mammals which are exceptions, being warm-blooded during the summer, but cold-blooded during the winter when they hibernate; such are the hedgehog, bat and dormouse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 He is such a bore, and his wife is so fat, And as fond of her bed as a dormouse. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891 The dormouse looked up, and gave a dolorous squeal of disappointment. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Of locusts, gnats; 2. bees; 3. dormice, flies, worms, ants, and wasps. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life He used to have a dormouse that he was very fond of. The Firm of Girdlestone Their maxim is, Eat like a Turk, Sleep like a dormouse; Be last at work, At victuals foremost. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) “You might as well say fatted dormice and snails,” said Frank. The Three Brides “She’s not such a bad sort, after all,” thought the dormouse, as he proceeded to examine the nut. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character It preyed on his mind so much that he tried to repair the failure by buying some white dormice. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections So the second division, that relating to game, has two different classifications: one which includes the wild boar, the roe buck and hares; the other bees, snails and dormice. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro The cochlearium has a good stock of snails and mussels; and the little dormice are growing into fine condition for an approaching Imperial banquet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 Divide and rule & The Stolen dormouse prev. pub. separately as magazine stories. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 January - June For a full minute he poised there motionless, the most exquisitely graceful, the most exquisitely coloured of all our butterflies, and, for a full minute, the dormouse watched him. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character "Wake up, little dormice," said Rossetti, prodding them gently with a quill pen. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections Little water is necessary, for dormice do not require much water, but on the contrary affect dry places. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro He was a gentle-faced old man, not unlike a very shrewd and wide-awake dormouse; and his white hair stood out in a mass beneath his biretta. Dawn of All He said of a man who sat up with him: "Sir, the fellow's an idiot; he's as awkward as a turnspit when first put into the wheel, and as sleepy as a dormouse." Samuel Johnson For the dormouse, one tiny penetrating note dominated all. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character One of the guests went to inspect the dormice more closely, and a peculiar expression came over his face. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections Young nut trees should be planted in the enclosure, and when these are not bearing, mast and chestnuts should be thrown in to the dormice, for that is what makes them fat. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro He stopped, for he was a kindly Tinkle-Tinkle, and found two small dormice sobbing under a tree because they had been cruelly deserted by their parents. The Gray Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse Silent as a dormouse," said the Outlaw; "and never trust me but I am grieved for thy daughter. Ivanhoe Had you seen the dormouse at the moment of his final awakening, you might have recognized him from this description. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The rest of the animals, like the dormice and the water-voles and the bats, they will have to go back and live in the fields where they were born till we come home again. The Story of Doctor Dolittle Once upon a time a dormouse lived in the wood with his mother. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell The first sorrow I can remember was for the death of a dormouse. The Voyage Out She was fond of all boy's plays, and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls, but to the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush. Northanger Abbey There had been other times when he had rocked a rocking-horse, broken a doll's head, sold meat from a wooden shop, fed a dormouse. The Happy Foreigner "Why, yes, it was the first thing waked me—for that nightcap which I pulled on, made me sleep like a dormouse—Pshaw, I feel my brains giddy with it yet." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Little Daylight was as merry and bright all night as any baby in the world, but with the first sign of dawn she fell asleep, and slept like a little dormouse till dark. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell "Sisters and a dormouse and some canaries," Rachel murmured, never taking her eyes off him. The Voyage Out Such a shake as Aunt Izzie gave the little scamps at this discovery, would have roused a couple of dormice. What Katy Did He had catered for silkworms, guinea-pigs, dormice, canary-birds, and dogs, without number, during his boyhood, but he had never been called upon to provide for a young person of five years old. Lady Audley's Secret They line their nests with dry grass, and rushes, and roots gnawed fine, and do not pass the winter in sleep, as the dormice, flying squirrels, racoons, and bears do. In the Forest Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada So she went home and got supper, strained and skimmed milk, set a sponge for bread, and slept all night like a dormouse. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics The tree-frog joined with his sonorous call, The grasshopper chirped along, The dormice came out of their underground hole, The squirrels peeped over their pine-tree wall, To list to the revel song. Victor Roy, a Masonic Poem The genera are, the porcupine, cavy, beaver, bat, marmot, squirrel, dormouse, jerboa, and hare. 5th. Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side "She looks as if she'd gone to bed before the winter, and had a long sleep, like a dormouse," said Cecilia. The Eustace Diamonds They slept in the cold weather like dormice; in the daytime they lay very still, but would come out, and gambol and frisk about at night. In the Forest Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada Half out of the soil, minded like the dormouse and the beetle, he was, by virtue of his unspoken passion, the protoplasm of a poet. Gone to Earth Mildred always declared that she hibernated on board ship like a dormouse or a bear. Dawn He crawled within and went to sleep, slept like a drugged dormouse. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 5, 1917 She was fond of all boys' sports, and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls, but to the more heroic enjoyments of infancy--nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rosebush. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction Oswald I hid my head within a Convent, there Lay passive as a dormouse in mid winter. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 Then came land animals, monstrous in growth, by the side of which the elephant dwindles to the diminutive stature of the dormouse. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod For the dormouse act," he mused, "that kid certainly stands alone. The Coming of Bill In this state the Yogis, like the bat, the hedge-hog, the marmot, the hamster and the dormouse, acquire the power of supporting the abstraction of atmospheric air, and the privation of food and drink. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan They slept in the cold weather like dormice; in the day-time they lay very still, but would come out, and gambol, and frisk about at night. Lady Mary and her Nurse The night seemed short; for the girls, tired by their journey, slept like dormice. What Katy Did at School Poor old fellow, did you finally sleep like a dormouse in your cabin? The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters But where, where, dear dormouse, are the hatter and hare? Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Then, I thank God, I have vast blessings; I have preserved my eyes, ears, and teeth; I have no pain left; and I would bet with any dormouse that it cannot outsleep me. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 They line their nests with dry grass and rushes and roots gnawed fine, and do not pass the winter in sleep, as the dormice, flying squirrels, racoons, and bears do. Lady Mary and her Nurse "All right," said the spy, "they are all fast as dormice, snoring like hogs; no fear from them." It Is Never Too Late to Mend Its nature is the reverse of that of the dormouse. Wives and Daughters A pie made of dormice and syrup of poppies! The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Ay, a pox on him, let him go, dormouse: he is in a dream now. Cynthia's Revels At his feet reposed a magnificent white cat, whose head rested in all the luxurious laziness of satiety on the edge of a golden saucer half filled with dormice stewed in milk. Antonina When he got up this morning, after having slept all night like a dormouse, he sent for me, and asked me for paper, ink, and pen. Within an Inch of His Life I got into this hole and curled up like a dormouse. At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. Here is the very place for a dormouse to sleep in! Countess Kate They leave that for the winter, when they shut themselves up like dormice in their hovels, their store of food and vodka buried underneath the floor. Idle Ideas in 1905 Not dead though, think only sleep, no like cold, like dormouse. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa They liked this, and played hard till bedtime, when most of them turned in and slept like dormice. Little Men He was a good enough lad, but as grand as a peacock, and as lazy as a dormouse. The Champdoce Mystery After the champagne, he drank punch, an after that he slept like a dormouse; unfortunately, sleep dissipated his exhilaration, and when he awoke his gaiety had left him. Samuel Brohl and Company Fabio, a little mite of seven, with eyes black and sparkling as those of a dormouse, had just seen Tantaine in the doorway and pointed him out to the professor. Caught in the Net It grew fair and strong, and all the ensuing winter passed its hours curled like a dormouse or playing like a puppy at her feet in the chimney-corner. Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners) The little old gentleman, at Clodd’s suggestion, played at being a dormouse and lay very still. Tommy and Co. I scoop out a snug little nest in the bark and curl up in it like a dormouse, wrapped in this rug, which one of the men gave me. John Halifax, Gentleman Sutherland's heart, reviving like a dormouse in its hole, began to be joyful at the sight of the genial motions of Nature, telling of warmth and blessedness at hand. David Elginbrod He is so quiet that he seems to sleep The tempest out, as dormice do in winter. The Duchess of Malfi And no sooner had he thrown himself on the mattress than he fell as sound asleep as a dormouse. Stories from the Pentamerone The white-whiskered old dormouse soon coughed himself to sleep for ever. Tommy and Co. Blaireau was trotting in front of him as calmly as in the old days when it was a question of hunting through bundles of hay in search of stoats and dormice. Mauprat A little further on the pair are trying to squeeze the dormouse into the teapot; and a few pages back the blue caterpillar is discovered smoking his hookah on the top of a mushroom. The Library This will gain Access to private lodgings, where yourself May, like a politic dormouse—— BOSOLA. The Duchess of Malfi Erica said it reminded her of the dormouse in "Alice In Wonderland," tyrannized over by the hatter on one side and the March hare on the other, and eventually put head foremost into the teapot. We Two, a novel I then got on my knees with great fervour, and I blush to confess it, immediately fell as fast asleep as a dormouse. A Fair Penitent For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Mauprat They know that bats and dormice and other things sleep all the winter; so why should not swallows sleep? Madam How and Lady Why I shall bring my two dormice, and make them perform gymnastics on the dinnertable. The Egoist Certainly Helmstone on the east and Westport on the west had managed to eclipse it altogether, and its peaceful sleepiness made the dormouse comparison by no means inapt. We Two, a novel They eat, and laugh, and sing, and fight, all day; All night they sleep like dormice. Poems She did show favour to the youth in your sight only to exasperate you, to awake your dormouse valour, to put fire in your heart, and brimstone in your liver. Twelfth Night She did show favour to the youth in your sight only to exasperate you, to awake your dormouse valour, to put fire in your heart and brimstone in your liver. Twelfth Night "Then what a saint a dormouse must be?" The Cloister and the Hearth Afterwards the tables were covered with meats, antelopes with their horns, peacocks with their feathers, whole sheep cooked in sweet wine, haunches of she-camels and buffaloes, hedgehogs with garum, fried grasshoppers, and preserved dormice. Salammbo It's nearly ten o'clock, and you let me sleep like a dormouse! Father Goriot "And, then, such as it is, it is filled with dormice, who eat everything." The Count of Monte Cristo Stoats and tortoises and dormice seemed to be quite common, and not in the least shy. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle She did show favour to the youth in your sight only to exasperate you, to awake your dormouse valour, to put fire in your heart and brimstone in your liver. Twelfth Night; or What You Will I beg your pardon for keeping you waiting," she said; "I thought that dormouse Rose was still about. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola "I have just discovered how a gardener may get rid of the dormice that eat his peaches." The Count of Monte Cristo "Indeed, I should think not," replied Monte Cristo; "dormice are bad neighbors for us who do not eat them preserved, as the Romans did." The Count of Monte Cristo |
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