| 单词 | four-footed |
| 例句 | “He’s a good animal— fastest four-footed creature on the planet,” he declared. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought the ordeal was over, but suddenly the fox returned, launching some very impressive four-footed attacks on the canvas. Experience: I lost a fight with a fox 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Shovels in hand and dog at their heels, Sam and Dave are on a mission to find “something spectacular,” but it’s their four-footed companion who knows a good thing when he sniffs one. Best 2014 books for kids: Fiction, nonfiction and picture books 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z "The friskier the better," Stern said as she juggled the four-footed baller. What time is it? Kitten Bowl IV taping time! 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Verdon indulges his satirical impulses with takedowns of painters who create “burgundy cosmologies” with beet juice and charities like LORA, an animal rescue group that prides itself on spiritually bonding with its four-footed clients. Hate Thy Neighbor. Or Maybe Just Kill Him. 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Mutual Rescue’s “Keema & Her Pack” features a young New York City dog walker whose job has helped her overcome a traumatic past, while Blake Stowe’s “Catcha Cat” focuses on two four-footed escape artists. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Entire species — four-footed, winged, finned and rooted — are suddenly M.I.A., and the casualty list is growing. In Maya Lin’s ‘Ghost Forest,’ the Trees Are Talking Back 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Plus, these nimble, four-footed firefighters are super adorable and fun to watch. These bleating firefighters have an insatiable appetite for wildfire fuel — weeds 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Tetrapod literally means “four-footed,” which refers to the phylogenetic history of various groups that evolved accordingly, even though some now possess fewer than two pairs of walking appendages. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tetrapod means “four-footed,” and this group includes amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Westminster’s traditional green carpet had been rolled out in Arthur Ashe Stadium for fleet-footed - but four-footed - competitors. Tennis, or terriers? U.S. Open’s home hosts famed dog show 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Westminster’s traditional green carpet had been rolled out in Arthur Ashe Stadium for fleet-footed — but four-footed — competitors. Tennis, or terriers? US Open’s home hosts famed dog show 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z It’s one of the clear lines that connect him to his four-footed charge: For Harry, learning to kill was the key to his survival, but it has left him damaged. Review | ‘Wildcat’: A vet with PTSD finds healing with help from a baby ocelot 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z In fact, travel just became less challenging in one major respect: people no longer have to abide fake emotional support animals having fuzzy four-footed panic attacks during the trip. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z The waterdog has the largest genome of any four-footed beast on Earth. Junk DNA Deforms Salamander Bodies 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Near the Caldor Fire, people were offering assistance to evacuees, including the four-footed kind. Largest wildfire moves near California city, fueled by winds 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z “What I want to see before I die,” Frederick Douglass wrote, “is a monument representing the negro, not couchant on his knees like a four-footed animal, but erect on his feet like a man.” Opinion | Don’t ‘better explain’ the Emancipation Memorial. Put up monuments to Black people instead. 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Your mother may not want her grandson as a long-term boarder; she may prefer the company of her furry and four-footed family. What Should I Do About My Awful, Sexist Boss? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Maybe it just realized that a lot of college kids eat chicken fingers, which they might be willing to part with if a fluffy, four-footed friend came along. This cat has made its college decision. It picked American University. 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z “So you can be sitting on the couch Sunday night, watching TV with your new, four-footed family member,” Ms. Hoffman said. New York Today: How to Adopt a Pet 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z After the Great Salt Lake dipped to a new historic low last year, Gunnison’s isolation is no longer assured and four-footed predators have been observed roaming the island’s south shore. Scientists visit Great Salt Lake pelican breeding ground 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z On occasion, he finds himself helping four-footed patients as well. Canine medics on front lines to offer aid 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Handlers primped and posed their four-footed charges, and strolled with them like models on a runway en route to the choice of best in show. PHOTO GALLERY: ‘Beverly Hills Dog Show’ to debut 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Last year, 99 four-footed furballs found their forever homes through an on-site adoption program. Come on meow! Ian Somerhalder is pick of the litter for CatCon 2017 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z "On the one hand, it extends the bounds of what we think the arm of tetrapod animals - those four-footed animals in the world - is capable of in terms of its development, in terms of evolution. " Strange reptile fossil puzzles scientists - BBC News 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z To keep the peace, some social rituals have evolved for the bar’s four-footed regulars. The Speakeasy Underworld of the Dog Bar 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z That’s the potentially delightful premise for “The Secret Life of Pets,” an animated comedy starring an assortment of four-footed New Yorkers whose owners are at work all day. ‘Secret Life of Pets’ unleashes the cuteness but strays off path 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The genus name, in Greek, means “four-footed serpent.” Four-legged snake fossil stuns scientists—and ignites controversy 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Others were turned over to the South Vietnamese Army, but most were euthanized - something that doesn’t sit well with many who served with the four-footed soldiers. Effort underway to honor military dogs 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z The creature, described online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was an early ichthyosaur, a four-footed reptile turned seafarer. ScienceShot: The First Sea Monster 2013-01-07T20:00:00Z Round-faced and bespectacled, he exudes poise and self-assurance, even wearing prison khakis and sneakers and leaning on a four-footed cane. Why the Professor Went to Prison 2012-11-02T01:21:45Z “These guys were like four-footed tanks,” Stanford said of the beast that left the track. Likely footprintof spiky dinosaur has NASA’s Md. campus on cloud nine 2012-08-18T00:40:00Z Then he is brought back and punished, and the other four-footed members of the family come round and offer sympathy--which is not pleasant. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z After a while, seeming satisfied, he crawled on, in absolute silence, in the half-darkness, looking for all the world like some cruel four-footed beast that had come slinking from out of the jungle. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z The fact that a home was in a flat three floors up did not deter its occupants from housing a four-footed edible guest. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z On several points of the shores were parts of the skeletons of whales; but we no where saw a four-footed animal, or the slightest trace of a human habitation. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z I grant ye those islanders are wolves: but two-legged ones, and little apt to favour their four-footed cousins. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z He told them a few things about what they might eat—prohibiting among other things four-footed birds, and one thing upon the subject of cooking. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z They admit that four-footed birds did not exist in the days of Moses. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z There seemed no chance that either would go for a walk or otherwise amuse their four-footed friends. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z He then cites Berosus, according to whom Xisuthros received the command to take into the ark winged and four-footed animals, and quotes the line translated on p. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z He had struck an old man and shed his blood, and, by means of that very blood, blood's four-footed avenger was on his track. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Presently a four-footed creature ran against his knee and laid its head there. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z He was also to take food and drink into the ship, and carry into it all creatures winged and four-footed. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z The two-handed worker got at least what the four-footed worker, in Carlyle's words, has always obtained, due food and lodging. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The only four-footed animal was the wild boar, originally transplanted from Hispaniola. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z They need not have been in any anxiety, for when the men sprang to their feet, rifles in hand, their first care was for their four-footed comrades. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z He sought with avidity, for every four-footed and creeping thing, that died within five miles of his dwelling, for the pleasure of skinning it. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Albert swears he’ll find his four-footed friend and bring him home. Can War Horse Beat Clooney For Golden Globe? 2011-12-29T15:00:30Z Now says the expositor, that no wild beast, neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, is to be compared with an evil woman. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Sometimes there are other beasts abroad in the wild woods besides the common four-footed kind. Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge 2011-12-15T03:00:17.777Z How did an animal that is basically a giant seal with fangs turn into a four-footed animal that invited comparison with an elephant? The White Elephant of Rucheni 2011-11-22T18:45:02.247Z Naturally he has to exaggerate; instead of making his four-footed hero merely intelligent, he makes him noble in reason, infinite in faculty, in apprehension like a god, the paragon of animals. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z And all the four-footed animals met together and called themselves relatives, and all the birds met together and called themselves relatives, and in this order followed the Sun. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z What among the four-footed is fiercer than a lion? or what among the serpent-kind is more cruel than a dragon? The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Inside of three minutes he came to a place where the returning four-footed hunter had to pass through close quarters, in pushing under some brush. Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge 2011-12-15T03:00:17.777Z Being with difficulty torn from my four-footed friend, I was carried to the crier's house, and there feasted sumptuously on bread-and-molasses in a tin plate with the alphabet round it. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z Strange it is, too, that these mighty beasts, whose bulk was ample to protect them against four-footed foes, and whose woolly coat was proof against the cold, should have utterly vanished. Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z Our opinion is, that it would be likely to give any four-footed creature "fits" that took it. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z It will teach them kindness to their little four-footed playmates, and they will realize that warm hearts beat under their little fur coats. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Damon, however, was a little changed; he felt no longer inclined to be quite so subservient in his friendship as he had formerly been with his two-and his four-footed friends. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Beast, bēst, n. an irrational animal, as opposed to man: a four-footed animal: a brutal person: the Beast, Antichrist in the Revelation—dim. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Upon the bright green turf the two lads were stretched senseless and bleeding, and near them lay the carcass of their four-footed foe. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z Jane raised herself on her two hands like a four-footed animal looking up from its food. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Snow used then to jump to his feet, and join a lot of four-footed fellows like him who were running down some yutchka or other. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z And thus was Pythias the Third, the four-footed, deposed. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Wielding his four-footed falchion, he extended the frontiers thousands of miles, and then refused to usurp the regal dignity or transmit it to his posterity, but first established rules for an elective administration. History of the Washington National Monument and of the Washington National Monument Society 2011-09-27T02:00:16.967Z Nothing but an immense concourse of four-footed animals could raise such a cloud. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Lo! my four-footed bird sweeps smooth and wide The flats of air with balanced pinions, glad To bend his knee at home in the ocean-stall. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z When he was safe by himself in the darkness of the compound the boy gave a hop, skip, and a jump, and then rushed madly round as if he were a four-footed animal. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z The four-footed creature had become almost like a man, from being the constant companion of his two-legged friend. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z I want to know whether any one, in strolling through these woods, has come upon a four-footed beast of prey, a creature with a spotted skin? 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z These birds regularly follow the prairie fires in large numbers, in order to eat its countless small four-footed denizens, after the fire has passed over them, and either rendered them helpless or killed them. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Here was seen the track of a rat—the first sign of a four-footed creature—and we stopped to examine the tiny marks with great interest. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Where narrow terraces afford access to four-footed creatures, the rabbits, too, have dug out larger caves; some of them rise upwards, and open on the field above, several yards from the edge of the cliff. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Owney the dog’s extreme makeover: When the National Postal Museum wanted to fix up its four-footed star attraction, it turned to retired Smithsonian taxidermist Paul Rhymer. Owney the mail service mascot gets makeover and his own stamp 2011-07-24T22:25:07Z Two suggestions may be ventured as to Shakespeare’s feelings towards four-footed animals. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z It was charged against them that hideous four-footed idols were worshipped, and other things too terrible to narrate were said to be done at these assemblies. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z They were the most interesting bits of life that crossed our trail, and in the dying effort to seek animal companionship our soured tempers were sweetened somewhat by four-footed joys. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z But there is no doubt that the majority of us would prefer encountering a human rather than a four-footed "revenant." Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z If the four-footed pests came too near, he slashed them unmercifully with his long raw-hide whip, sending them howling back to their savage masters. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z But it was only the three 'little ones,' sturdy, blue-eyed, fair-haired little girls, who had just come from church, and who now rushed out upon the terrace with their four-footed pets. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z And I have now to record that such a smile was vouchsafed to him, and such a living contact provided, by the mediation of a four-footed beast. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z The next moment they were enjoying a pleasant siesta, such as only a four-footed creature can accomplish standing without risk to life and limb. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z "Do you know," said Stuart to her, "that when I heard you speak of Mowitza and her beauty and bravery, I never imagined you meant a four-footed animal?" Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z I was certainly glad to start dancing again even with the four-footed Wink. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z He thought he must be a little four-footed messenger boy bunny and spread the glad tidings. Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk 2011-05-09T02:00:03.903Z The intrusion of four-footed creatures on the line of vision at lectures is unfortunately not rare. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z I am at home with the bird people, the four-footed people of the woods and prairies, with the people of the flower nations and the trees. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Considering the tenderness of her mood toward the four-footed fakir, her change was sudden and radical toward the biped of the pair when she grasped that he intended to send her home in a taxi. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z And, next, the fishes swam in the waters, birds flew through the woods and built nests, and four-footed beasts began to be seen everywhere. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z For all, both are four-footed creatures, and the most dangerous to be encountered in all the desert lands of America. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z The mosque of Mulai Idris, built by the founder of Fez about the year 810, is considered so sacred that the streets which approach its entrance are forbidden to Jews, Christians or four-footed beasts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z I think that there must be poachers abroad, or perhaps four-footed poachers, in the shape of those starved, disreputable-looking cats which come prowling about the place.” The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Jane, too, patted their four-footed friend and bedecked his collar with a spray of the flowering vine which had been torn down by his impetuous entrance. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Tavwots was the largest of all four-footed things, and a mighty hunter. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Every outlying corner and promontory are quartered and beaten, so that no four-footed creature could possibly be there without being seen or shot. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Now, he doesn't ride a four-footed beast, he ride a t'ree-foot horse. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z "It is not very flattering," said she, "that you study the influence of our art amongst four-footed creatures." Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z I wish the dragon had him," muttered King �etes to himself, "and the four-footed pedant, his schoolmaster, into the bargain. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z “You’ve got enough sisters and cousins for the girls, and you can take Christopher Columbus around with you in your pocket to play the four-footed friend,” laughed Helen. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z The carrion-feeding hyenas may be called the vultures among the four-footed animals. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Of these four-footed ant-eaters there are many distinct kinds, differing very considerably in their habits of life. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z He had forgotten 'money,' toil, conventional rigid formality, the terror of the herd, everything that compressed life into a four-footed rut, like the rut trodden by cows and pigs and rabbits. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z But there are lots of four-footed little animals who are very unkind to birds, so that is the reason I sing this song to let them know that I am always watching over my nest.” Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox 2011-01-29T03:00:21.820Z But at this time we see no trace of the four-footed mammalia which immediately preceded Man. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z His highest ambition is to increase the size of his herds, and his chief thought is to look after the welfare of his four-footed friends. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z In winter its deep snows were traced like any paper map, with dotting night-tracks of four-footed creatures, that, even to the sun, were never visible, and never were seen by man at all. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z In fine, the camp was cleared of its fierce four-footed invaders, save those that had fallen. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z "My mamma doesn't look like that," declared the boy, and ran back to his four-footed playmate. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z On the steep cliffs, and along the dizzy heights, the klipspringer has no equal in South Africa; he can scale them as no other quadruped; he fears no four-footed beast of prey. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z At the A.S.P.C.A.’s young benefactors’ gala, the four-footed mingled with the well heeled. City Room: (Name of City)'s Sports Fans Are the Best 2010-10-21T19:31:00Z At the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ young benefactors’ gala on Thursday night, the four-footed mingled with the well heeled. | Fetching Guests Reign at Gala 2010-10-15T14:24:00Z But, as sight and strength began to fail, the four-footed chieftain was deposed, imprisoned in a byre loft, and finally sentenced to be drowned. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Two, and they were not mules, though evidently four-footed creatures. Real Gold A Story of Adventure His four-footed assailant, a large dog of the African lion breed, immediately relinquished his hold, and crouched at the feet of his old master. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 Everything else he had disposed of—everything but the four-footed comrade there at his feet. The Valiants of Virginia The loom, and two stools, the one four-footed and the other a buffet, were Rob’s most conspicuous furniture. The Little Minister Horse after horse and mule after mule set out in a lively four-footed game of "follow my leader." The Red Mustang Spite of her four-footed assistant, she could scarcely have pulled the load up-hill, had not a vigorous push from behind aided her. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History Soon it became evident that the creature was either walking with two legs, or else was a four-footed animal putting two feet down at the same instant. The Voice of the Pack Both no doubt were slumbering, and perhaps the same vision haunted their dreams; broken windows and four-footed victims—seen from different points of view. Glories of Spain The boy was in high spirits, which his four-footed friends shared. Ti-Ti-Pu A Boy of Red River Cal was glad to find that his four-footed friend was in good condition, after his pretty severe share in the adventures which began in the chaparral. The Red Mustang "The dog's given no sign," said Lewis presently, looking hard at his four-footed companion. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne How fortunate it is for us that our poor, four-footed brethren cannot probe our motives as we fatten our flocks and herds, and tend them with tireless assiduity! A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 Not one of the four-footed beasts had gone anywhere near the sink hole. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West As he hoisted with the pole the spring of the saplings raised the buck, which dangled clear, out of reach of all four-footed marauders. The Land of Strong Men Her four-footed patient, swathed in blankets, lay on the straw beside her. The Moonlit Way The idol of another was a four-footed animal, and if it was a pig, the pig was taboo for him. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II “Here we go!” he shouted, and the Big Six made a powerful spring forward, beyond the reach of this four-footed terror that bawled, glared and snorted in a now vain pursuit. The Auto Boys' Vacation And the four-footed demon growled in response to the biped one. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Man—before whose erect form the four-footed carnivora of the desert fled in terror—what was he now—how was he represented here? Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The woman, wondering that a four-footed animal could address her in intelligible speech, followed; and the Goat trotted gently before her to where Lion lay dead. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories But, there's my thumb, not a four-footed thing, nor the feather o' a bird, shall be touched by me or mine. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative You must be real tried in your mind to hit a four-footed creatur’ like that. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn Nor must the fidelity of another friend, a poor little four-footed friend, be forgotten. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" The Delaware word for horse means “the four-footed animal which carries on his back.” American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them The son of man is, of all creatures that I know, the most wanton in offence against us of the four-footed tribes. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories Abstinence from the flesh of four-footed animals was perpetually and universally enforced. Women of Early Christianity It is most essential to restrain instantaneously the naturally strong impulse of the dog to run after four-footed game. The Dog Noble humanity is singularly ungrateful to their four-footed friends. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" He had seen his father’s tribute driven thither, and had even longed to be one of the four-footed beasts that he beheld wending their way to the wondrous city. The Irish Fairy Book The four-footed tribes have much cause of grievance against me and mine. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories But this time it was no fox, lynx, or other four-footed enemy that threatened him. Dusty Star He lit his small lantern, ate his supper, and then curled up as tidily as any four-footed tenant and fell asleep. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North You know these four-footed friends of ours have a good deal of difficulty in communicating with us—through our stupidity, bless you, not theirs. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" A four-footed animal was seen by three or four of our people, but as no two gave the same description of it, I cannot say what kind it is. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras It has been long delayed, this signal measure of just vengeance upon those who have outdone in cold cruelty all that generations of the four-footed tribe of the fiercest kind have done. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories The one clasps the figure of a crusader between its mighty paws—the other, some mystical four-footed creature. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Now it was cruelly teasing Grenfell and his four-footed comrades as a cat tortures a mouse before it kills. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North His ape brain would warn him, but would his human strength avail in case of necessity, in case of attack by another ape, or a four-footed carnivore? Astounding Stories, June, 1931 But the single-minded Q.C. had something to learn of the four-footed exile from the Far East concerning this intimacy. 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" It was well past midnight when the four-footed forces were gathered around the doomed village, and, at the shrill trumpet-note of the King Elephant, the several chiefs led their respective troops at the charge. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories Were you to mark down, upon a graduated scale, the different claims to superiority amongst the four-footed animals, this poor ill-formed creature’s claim would be the last upon the lowest degree. Wanderings in South America “What cow?” sharply retorted Mrs. Creecy, startled out of all knowledge of four-footed beasts by the unexpectedness of the question. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 His step was alert, precise, and light as that of any four-footed forester. A Daughter of the Forest You often give us pleasant anecdotes of our four-footed friends. 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" He was also to take food and drink into the ship, and pairs of all creatures winged and four-footed. Mary Magdalen In stating that four-footed animals are scarce, the peccary must be excepted. Wanderings in South America Or, what was more probable still, it might be only the pathway used for ages by innumerable four-footed denizens of the swamp,–deer, panthers, raccoons, ’possum, foxes, wildcats and the like. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes Arguments were of no avail with the four-footed sportsman, a rival attraction failed to attract, and commands were thrown away on him in his excited state. Upon The Tree-Tops The eight four-footed animals are packed in lengthwise with their heads towards the central space between the two side doors. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The neighborhood just then seemed singularly free from malignant four-footed enemies armed with sharp teeth and nails. Jack Winters' Campmates There was not one four-footed animal to be seen, nor even the marks of one. Wanderings in South America He attempted to fight off his four-footed assailant, but he was no match for the angry dog. The Boy Allies with the Cossacks Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians But the fugitives from Paris had been pouring in for days, and not a cart or four-footed beast was to be hired for love or money, though I hunted �tampes for hours. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Numerals of one syllable take a hyphen in compounds with self-explanatory words such as four-footed, one-eyed, and the like. Compound Words Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #36 A large number of two-footed spectators had joined the four-footed ones, and Zamore enjoyed the honour of being applauded by human hands. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 Against that, the Nipe had all those hands; and with his low center of gravity and four-footed stance, it would be hard to knock him down. Anything You Can Do! Indulging all the fancies of his imagination, he gave his four-footed audience a concert in which he surpassed himself. Happy Days for Boys and Girls A small four-footed person entered, the bigness of 325a baby’s muff and the whiteness of a marquis’s powdered wig. Aurora the Magnificent Otherwise they slept in the sky-vaulted court among the four-footed transients, for what men on the torrid Gulf coast would allow his beast more fresh air than himself? The Missourian But upon the margin of yonder stream a huge four-footed creature creeps slowly along. Eighth Reader And there was the scent of a four-footed creature here, too; but it was merged in, and subordinate to, the scent over which most wild creatures cry a halt: the scent of man. Finn The Wolfhound Slowly and more slowly, the tired little girl and her great four-footed companion advanced toward the dimly lighted gate. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island The serpent was sometimes altered into the partial semblance of a four-footed animal, the body and tail being lengthened and twined, and sometimes split, to give a new turn to the pattern. Needlework As Art Take note that the Journal says, "an almost entire human skeleton," and not the bones of a large dog or of any four-footed animal. Hydesville The Story of the Rochester Knockings, Which Proclaimed the Advent of Modern Spiritualism More animal stories introducing a host of new four-footed friends with 200 illustrations by the author. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country The animal man, while retaining much of his animality, has evolved from it higher faculties and attributes, while our four-footed kindred have not thus progressed. Ways of Nature The other natives had approached the four-footed creatures with a certain curiosity––if not awe, and there had been more than a little scattering of prayer meal when the mules were hobbled. The Flute of the Gods All the while Bristles kept up a shouting that was intended to nerve his own arm, and possibly help to strike terror into the hearts of the four-footed assailants. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School Write a special treatise to describe the movements of four-footed animals, among which is man, who in his childhood also walks on four feet. Thoughts on Art and Life “And yet you owed it all to your piebald coat!” exclaimed I. “Never was beauty such an advantage to a four-footed beast as ugliness has been to you!” The Rambles of a Rat The migrations among the four-footed animals that sometimes occur over a large, part of the country—among the rats, the gray squirrels, the reindeer of the north—seem to be of a similar character. Ways of Nature Beyond all the other horsemen he rode, and saw far above in the scrubby growth, the enemy seeking footholds where the four-footed animals could not follow. The Flute of the Gods The care-taker turned, and, with echoing footsteps, slowly departed, followed by his faithful four-footed retainer. The Strollers Hours passed in which the scampering of the four-footed things grew less and less and the birds ceased their chirping. The Vagrant Duke They were not likely to be injured by being kept up pretty late for one night, and there was no need that anybody should walk, now that their four-footed wealth had returned. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White Note Maeterlinck's treatment of the dog in a late magazine article, probably the best thing on our four-footed comrade that English literature has to show. Ways of Nature Meg was “just crazy,” her brothers said, about animals, and she was never afraid of any four-footed creature. Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm They used panic-gas on a herd of cattle and it made them crazy and they charged the settlement like the four-footed lunatics they are! Pariah Planet If I am not mistaken, there are some four-footed animals! The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras He feared that it would take some time to set up that band again, without any four-footed capital to begin on. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White There was a continual stirring of leaves, the rustle of branches forced aside, the scattering of birds, those spies and betrayers of the four-footed animal, and the grievous low wail of the wolf. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin As quickly as he could Marcy got upon his feet and shouted words of encouragement to his four-footed friend. Marcy The Blockade Runner The next morning I picked up an old "crow-bait" of a horse, the only four-footed transportation possibly obtainable, and started for Fredericksburg to find my regiment. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 Not that I loved the sheep and lambs less, but that I hated their growling, leaping, four-footed favorites more. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 Even the four-footed inhabitants of the wilds could hardly have escaped, and as he stumbled among the wreckage he thought about the man whose footsteps they had seen near the Indian village. Blake's Burden In four-footed animals, the upper part of the leg and shoulder, the back, breast, and long bones of the neck, are generally superior to the rest. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families And now, children," said Uncle Jack, when breakfast was over, "We must go and see how our four-footed friends have passed the night. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. The little birds brought him food, and the four-footed beasts ran errands and were his messengers. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts The mallard pair had few enemies to dread, their island being so far from shore that no four-footed marauder, not even the semi-amphibious mink himself, ever visited it. The Backwoodsmen Having made up his mind to go, Mr. Beale at once found a dozen reasons why he could not leave home, and all the reasons were four-footed, and wagged loving tails at him. Harding's luck The flesh of birds is lighter, drier, and easier of digestion, than that of four-footed animals. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families This operation over, the sportsmen divide, post themselves, with their guns ready, on each side of the hut, and wait with beating hearts the arrival of the expected four-footed visitors. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches But though he had grown so great and famous Ailbe had never forgotten his second mother, the good wolf, nor his four-footed brothers, in their coats of gray fur. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts His huge pack loomed over his shoulders, and as he walked, using two paddles as canes, he seemed some anomalous four-footed beast of burden. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse The forests were populous with wild beasts; chimpanzees and gorillas, monkeys, and all manner of four-footed things infested the clambering vines that festooned the trees. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History "Well, Ellen, I must say that it is rather uncomfortable, even without any danger of four-footed society." The Wide, Wide World He had indeed, in his caretaking, not left marks like a human being as he had tiptoed along, leaving round traces on the shining floor and stairs, as if a four-footed creature had passed. The Golden House The only four-footed animals observed on it were white hares and a fox: the birds were ptarmigans, snipes, snow-buntings, and larks. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe "And with you, our faithful four-footed friends, and with the packs that are so needful to us?" The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain Buffon says the various species of four-footed animals may be reduced to two hundred and fifty. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 The following are the peculiarities of the crocodile: During the winter months they eat nothing; they are four-footed, and live indifferently on land or in the water. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life It may be that it had unconsciously seemed dreary to the little Italian to start out into the great world alone, and that a four-footed friend would be better than none. The Golden House They had no uneasiness about any four-footed creature making its escape from the valley any more than themselves. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains I like the sunshine, and flowers, and trees, and birds, and four-footed things. The Rhodesian This forest was to be “beaten” by the men of Macora, and all its four-footed denizens driven into the trap. The Giraffe Hunters It is the swiftest four-footed creature native to the plains, and so far as known there is nothing but a blooded race horse that can outrun it on a mile. Wild Animals at Home Nono gave a long whistle by which he was accustomed to call his four-footed friend. The Golden House The wines were drawn from amphor� of clay, glass, or metal held in elegant woven baskets placed on four-footed pedestals made of a light, supple wood interlaced in ingenious fashion. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt When David, satisfied as to the other four-footed possessions, said “Pigs” in his funny Scotch way, pigs it was! Virginia of Elk Creek Valley One thing I had, however, that Captain Bailey lacked,—a dog,—and I think he rather envied me my four-footed companion. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia All four-footed animals can swim naturally in some fashion, but leopards can swim especially well. The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two She leaned forward with both her hands on the floor, in the attitude of a beast that goes four-footed. The Fifth Queen Crowned "I didn't suppose that there was a four-footed animal on the island." Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China They were an odd pair, so unlike, so widely disproportioned in size and motion, that Flora delighted in watching all their movements, and in drawing contrasts between the big woman and her small four-footed companion. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life At dinner each person was the centre of an expectant group of the four-footed habitu�s of the inn, and no one seemed to object. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia I mean this: Man has killed off many four-footed wild animals; that is, he has killed so many of those animals in a place, that they have died out in that place. The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two Nor did his four-footed comrade-in-arms—who had an inner man also, or rather inner dog, to be ministered to likewise—fail to receive a liberal share of the store in hand. Burl The wild, four-footed creatures also are in unusual variety; and within easy reach the antiquarian will find objects of very special interest. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter She has a habit of transplanting four-footed friends in her stories under their own names—as where, in the Jack-in-the-Box series, one finds Pincushion, Miss Taggart’s own plump grey kitten. When Winter Comes to Main Street Then some order seemed to have been given by the leader of the rustlers, for the nondescript bunch of cattle thieves swung off, and practically abandoned their four-footed charges. The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders I didn’t know there were any of you four-footed curiosities left. Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds But our four-footed hero, like many a two-footed hero we have read of, was doomed in his day and generation to be misunderstood, unappreciated, maligned, neglected. Burl The interest of the spectators, however, centered on the four-footed "racers." When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Wherever it has been carried for the purpose of using it as a rat killer, this little four-footed animal has become a terrible scourge. Conservation Reader I am proud of those bright-eyed, furry, four-footed progenitors, and not at all ashamed of my cousins, the Tigers and Apes and Peacocks. More Trivia I have been in several bad rows with both four-footed beasts and two footed beasts, but this was at least as lively a scrap as I ever got into. and all because I was careless. Black Beaver The Trapper On the contrary, four-footed animals have glands on many portions of 173 the body. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year He was previous to Smoaker, and was indeed the first four-footed companion established in my confidence. Anecdotes of Dogs Seven youngsters in hand and one in the bush—land knows where!—is a bigger job ’n just drivin’ a four-footed team. Dorothy on a Ranch There was her grub-box with stones upon the cover to keep out four-footed prowlers. The Huntress A whole army of four-footed vermin scampered off as Vixen crossed the threshold. Vixen, Volume III. Though the darkness was intense and enemies might draw very near without being observed, the boys believed they had made peace with the Indians and the presence of four-footed enemies did not worry them. Far Past the Frontier The gaunt form of a four-footed beast steals across the shadows she has watched so long, that she almost doubts her senses. When the Birds Begin to Sing That was a dappled gray, perfect in every, point, and looking as if he were king of that four-footed company. Dorothy on a Ranch But though he had grown so great and famous, Ailbe had never forgotten his second mother, the good wolf, nor his four-footed brothers in their coats of grey fur. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller There was nothing for it but to get out the tow-ropes and wait—for a remorqueur, as the French call any four-footed beast strong enough to tow an automobile at the end of a line. The Automobilist Abroad A dismal howling from our four-footed companion woke us up with a start. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The slackened human figure that never moved was dangerous, it was once more the king of the wilderness, and the four-footed kind, after looking once and fearfully upon it, must steal in terror away. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Moreover, being four-footed and furred, he was plainly more kin to the wild creatures than to man—and therefore, to the wild creature, obviously a traitor and a renegade. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life He had often used this for four-footed game, and might now as a call to the Judge’s lost daughter. Dorothy's Travels They do not need eyes or such noses as those four-footed hunters of yours. The Defiant Agents This was a bold bid for the support of all the four-footed creatures, and was not without its effect. Wood Magic A Fable Every creature, wild and tame, winged and four-footed, takes the most scrupulous care of its physical condition. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance But every one shall abstain altogether from eating the flesh of four-footed beasts except alone in the case of the weak and the sick. A Source Book for Ancient Church History It is a pity his four-footed schoolmaster is not here to carry him safely across on his back!” Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls Humankind could be barred, warded out of the radiation limits; the natural desert dwellers, four-footed and winged, could not be so controlled. The Defiant Agents Upon this island there are no four-footed enemies—either existing or extinct—to escape from which the wings of birds would be of any service. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions But to-night it was not one of these four-footed wild folk—this tall form—that emerged from the dark fringe of the spruce forest to gaze down at the town. The Snowshoe Trail While crossing the prairie we saw no four-footed game, nor even any of the wild cattle which we had expected to find there. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting She felt like putting her head up in the air like a lost four-footed creature and snuffing for her home. Country Neighbors A whirling four-footed hunter dashed in, snapped at the creature's legs, and it squalled again, aiming a blow with a forepaw; but the attacking coyote was already gone. The Defiant Agents Whatever discourse might be passing, was broken every now and then by some affectionate apostrophe to these four-footed friends. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) If a bedstead—a low four-footed article with rope for its bottom and mattress—be preferred to the bare ground, it can commonly be procured for three-halfpence for the night. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 At last, in the hollow they made out a shadowy, four-footed shape. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands As we advanced upon them, they sprang up the trees, or streaked off along the ground so swiftly that it seemed more like the flight of a bird than the running of a four-footed animal. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Here the heat became a leaden weight and the men were panting like four-footed beasts running before hunters. The Defiant Agents The domestic four-footed animals are small horses and small cattle, which have not been improved. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics So my four-footed friend has gotten you into hot water again, Nancy? The Lost Despatch Who or what are my wife and children, that they should not be herded with four-footed beasts, as well as others thus sacredly related? No Compromise with Slavery An Address Delivered to the Broadway Tabernacle, New York Here, then, was a valley whose four-footed inhabitants never roamed beyond its borders. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Anything from a slinking four-footed hunter to a war party of intelligent beings might have been lying in wait there. The Defiant Agents They travelled all the morning, and as usual stopped at noon for rest and food for themselves and their four-footed friends. Cruel As The Grave Fish of many kinds, birds, and their eggs, and four-footed beasts—when he can lay his claws upon them—all are welcome to his palate. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys At last my uncle and Jan returned with our four-footed attendants. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader No four-footed animals rove over it; no human beings inhabit it. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania But four-footed beasts are tragically conscientious, and these farmyard martyrs accomplished their task without a groan, while the Gloria crept up close behind on her own power. The Car of Destiny It is often the lot of the solitary trapper to meet with this four-footed enemy, and the encounter is rated as equal to that with two hostile Indians. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire As natural curiosities in the animal kingdom, the Armadilloes do not yield to any of the four-footed creatures, and an account of their habits, would space permit, could not be otherwise than extremely interesting. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys There Tartlet awaited him with his two-footed and four-footed flock. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery Alligators and the lizard family are skinned like the other four-footed species, as are snakes and fish, with the exception they have no limb bones to be cleaned and preserved. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration His thoughts were not so much of four-footed visitors as of footpads and the ease with which they could attack him and get away with his grandfather's watch which he was wearing. The Dude Wrangler He thought of the four-footed prowlers of the night and as a cause eliminated them one after another. Laramie Holds the Range I do not know what our four-footed companion thought of it, but he certainly enjoyed the idea of catching a guanaco—so did we, indeed, more than anything else. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Bill appeared in no way alarmed at his four-footed companion, who, too, seemed not inclined to molest him. Stories of Animal Sagacity It was partly the expectation of running across such four-footed enemies that had influenced Elmer to have the boys arm themselves with clubs. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot Nor does any avail to make stand against the swarming death-dealing Teucrians, or bear their shock in arms; but their unstrung bows droop on their shoulders, and the four-footed galloping horse-hoof shakes the crumbling plain. The Aeneid of Virgil We shot two, both of which Podge dived after and retrieved, to the unbounded joy both of ourselves and his four-footed chums, who more than gladly shared the carcasses with him later. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Much to his disappointment he found the building protected against four-footed marauders and, though the same enticing odour drifted to his nostrils, he was unable to gratify his appetite. Followers of the Trail Yet the latter could not help amusing himself at the expense of his four-footed companion. Stories of Animal Sagacity He had the power to assume the shape of any four-footed creature, and it was his custom to challenge such as he sought to destroy, to run with him. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends Forming in column, they advance noisily, and the horse hoof shakes the crumbling plain with four-footed trampling. The Aeneid of Virgil You can no more get rid of me than you can of my four-footed counterpart. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character She had adapted herself to her new surroundings with unusual promptitude and been adopted by the other four-footed members of the estate as "a friend and equal." Peggy Stewart at School All that climbing greenwood of the mound was alive with wild creatures, winged and four-footed, and no one was suffered to disquiet or annoy them. A Child's Book of Saints But all the birds, and the snakes, and all the four-footed animals refused to go for fire. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains In the wheat-field there were several of the old, four-footed warriors, who stood and ate of the shocked grain. The Long Roll Instantly there was a movement on the far side—a four-footed movement. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character There are also "Bethlehem Stable" puppet-shows, at which the Holy Family, their visitors, and four-footed associates are brought forward as dramatis personæ. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Though so powerful and large they were gentle as kittens, and the dog-loving girls were proud to receive and return the caresses of these four-footed heroes. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Omaha At first all the four-footed animals were fat. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains They could see, though, even if they were not seen, and they were soon able to count a dozen Indian warriors leading three pack-ponies as far up the ravine as four-footed beasts could be led. The Talking Leaves An Indian Story He knew that the singer of that note was four-footed. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character By the way, Miss Underwood, what has become of my four-footed friend? At the Time Appointed The name was singularly appropriate, for assuredly F�lice was the happiest of all four-footed creatures. The Holy Cross and Other Tales It has been said that yonder stream is to dry up so that all the four-footed animals that frequent the water have kept close to the deep water,” said Ictinike. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains Man belongs to the animal kingdom just as any four-footed beast does. Fred Fearnot's New Ranch and How He and Terry Managed It The rat’s approach was a blundering four-footed crescendo, clear to mouse-ears as is the ringing of a horse’s hoofs to man. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Renart, the only hero, though a hero sometimes uncommonly hard bested, is a furred and four-footed Jonathan Wild. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) And you want to secure a berth for your four-footed companion there. My First Voyage to Southern Seas So he called all the four-footed animals together. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains And of course all the little four-footed and feathered people were dreadfully afraid of that great noisy gun. Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers “Were it of any great extent, he would not have attempted it; and I hope that before long we shall meet with water, and some four-footed beasts or feathered fowl to afford us food.” Twice Lost I was afraid if I fired often I might exhaust my stock of powder, which I should require for my defence if attacked either by huge apes or four-footed monsters. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa It will afford you better sport, for we shall have two-footed instead of four-footed beasts to contend with. The Young Rajah My heart was now much lighter, and at length I caught sight of their heads as they crawled up like two four-footed creatures in the distance. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins The little feathered people were pruning their wings for a long flight to the warm Southland, and the four-footed folk were gathering nuts and grain for their storehouses. Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers In this he was wonderfully successful; he had a large menagerie of the feathered tribe as well as numbers of four-footed beasts which he had trapped and contrived to domesticate. With Axe and Rifle Birds innumerable, of gay plumage, and the traces of four-footed animals, showed that they could have been in no want of food. The Three Admirals Over fallen logs, gullies, and streams we galloped, finding it no easy matter to keep up with our nimble four-footed companions. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots Bruin's four-footed gait is a shuffle and a shamble, rather clumsy and ludicrous, but it takes him over the ground at a surprising pace. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear Professor Crow suggested that the birds carry the nuts for the four-footed people, but they answered that they had all they could do to feed themselves and couldn’t spare the time. Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers Under other circumstances I should have supposed that they were four-footed animals, wolves, or wild hogs, but as it was, I was very certain that they were men. With Axe and Rifle As the stranger approached it, however, the cries with which his feathered and four-footed friends greeted him were almost deafening. In the Eastern Seas I was awoke the following morning by an unusual commotion among our four-footed and feathered friends. On the Banks of the Amazon One day when he had turned over a larger log than usual, he was astonished to see a tiny four-footed creature run squeaking out. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear “Nature never meant me to go along like a four-footed beast.” Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig As he trotted up, he became aware of the fact that his young master’s visitor was turning himself into a four-footed creature, and he leaped at him in a friendly burst of greeting. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai I now began to fear for our four-footed friend, for I knew the power of the creature, and how one grasp of its strong hands would in an instant destroy the dog. In the Eastern Seas As the lower part was occupied by four-footed animals, we had to climb into the upper story by means of a couple of stout bamboos with notches cut in them. On the Banks of the Amazon Finally, one of the children picked a handful of berries and offered them to their four-footed companion, thinking it would be a good joke upon him. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear They were the actions of men who led a solitary life among the birds and four-footed animals of the great wild fen, and to be made the heroes of an escape seemed to be irksome. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp But to proceed meant to turn his back upon his four-footed enemy, which would have seized him directly. The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First Our two-footed and four-footed friends seemed delighted to get back to their old location, and began feeding away eagerly, there being an abundance of provender suited to their tastes scattered about. In the Eastern Seas The mules had already been sent away, and True and the pigs were the only four-footed animals in the camp. On the Banks of the Amazon Being so slim, he could go where any of his four-footed neighbors could, and it wasn't long before he knew all about every hole and nook and corner anywhere around. Mother West Wind "How" Stories If the four-footed beasts should disappear from the earth, it would be a much greater disaster than the destruction of the fishes. Bird Day; How to prepare for it But before the pile of fish had become very large there happened something else to divert the attention of the spectators from the three four-footed fishermen out on the flat rocks. Three Boys in the Wild North Land But the form he has observed cowering under the shadow of the cotton-woods was no fancy, nor four-footed creature, but a human being, a man—in short, Manuel the Indian. The Lone Ranche It was more like the utterance of some four-footed creature; or it might even have been a human voice pronouncing the syllable “wha,” several times repeated. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Now and then came the note of a bird or the cry of some four-footed creature prowling through the glades; but not uttered in accents of alarm. The Castaways All at once the clew-like body flew out, displaying a sharp-snouted four-footed animal, whose long serpent-like tail, at the same instant, sweeping around caught one of the hares in its prehensile embrace! The Boy Hunters It is this need of the beak's being a mechanical tool which chiefly regulates the form of a bird's face, as opposed to a four-footed animal's. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds Presently, however, the moon topped the higher ground, and he saw one of these moving forms more distinctly, and perceived that it was a four-footed animal, not a biped. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Mothers were in constant fear of their children straying away from the cabin into the woods where four-footed danger lurked. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year “I have passed the four-footed wolves,” he said; “I fear not the two-footed.” Boycotted And Other Stories If they observed a deer, fox, hare, or any four-footed beast of game, and did not succeed in killing it, they prognosticated evil. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. The main thing was game, but I had a much livelier time with some members of the Peary Arctic Club's expedition known as "our four-footed friends"—the dogs. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole The gate into the yard swung so high from the ground that four-footed visitors did not have to wait till it was opened. The Promised Land Then he said to the quadrupeds and four-footed beasts, to worms and snakes, and every thing else which are not fishes, "Be, for you ought to be;" and they were. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 I wish the dragon had him," muttered King Æetes to himself, "and the four-footed pedant, his schoolmaster, into the bargain. Myths and Legends of All Nations Famous Stories from the Greek, German, English, Spanish, Scandinavian, Danish, French, Russian, Bohemian, Italian and other sources Then the wild animals fly to safer districts, and only water birds and forest birds remain, with such four-footed animals as spend all their lives in trees. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People There was the four-footed caricature to insinuate that he might better be thinking of means to increase his weekly income, instead of squandering money on fat, saucy park squirrels. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life We have lost it because we have other faculties to take its place, just as we have lost that acute sense of smell that is so marvelously developed in many of the four-footed creatures. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers Atoacan and his son carefully obeyed the commands which had been laid upon them, and of every beast or four-footed creature that died he formed a human being. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 Professor Wood Jones has worked out very convincingly the thesis that man had no direct four-footed ancestry, but that the Primate stock to which he belongs was from its first divergence arboreal. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Not unlike a four-footed animal he made his way to the middle of the street. Watch Yourself Go By The four-footed elders will perish rather than desert the youngsters, and will, if possible, contrive to beat a retreat, helping along the weaker ones as best they can. Chatterbox, 1905. A hawk may suddenly swoop from the air above, or a four-footed foe approach from any side. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers She had in fact no right to reproach the enemy's temporary proprietress for her lack of authority over her four-footed companion. A Houseful of Girls Law followed blows; the cost of a dozen horses was wasted on the lawyers; in the end the monks won, and the people of Chène had to restore the four-footed prize to the prior. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. When the day arrived for the battle to begin, the four-footed beasts all came running along to the field, shaking the earth with their roaring and bellowing. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 Now the girls were able to distinguish that they were made by some four-footed beast, and not by a human being, for the sound came in a peculiar rhythm that was unmistakable. The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays "That wire fence worked well with four-footed robbers," the old Squire remarked, with a twinkle in his eye. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's A game of romps with her four-footed friend would have done something to dissipate the mental sickness which was prostrating May's powers. A Houseful of Girls Far down, to the south, now, he could dimly see objects that looked like four-footed creatures, moving rapidly. Sunset Pass or Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land Not one of them rose, but darted away along the ground like four-footed creatures, and just as nimbly. Jack Haydon's Quest Together they went through a series of gymnastic exercises on pleasant afternoons, and their four-footed friends came from far and near to witness the performance. The Human Side of Animals Her soft eyes closed, and she fell asleep until the dawn of day, when again she was driven out in the shape of a poor four-footed creature, to fulfil her sad destiny. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew Was it conceivable that only one hour had elapsed since she and her four-footed friend were flung all of a heap into a corner by the impact of the vessel against the sand-bank? The Captain of the Kansas With one accord they fell upon Fox, and endeavoured to pull him down, much as, at the huntsman's signal, a pack of hounds sets upon his four-footed namesake with a bushy tail. A Book of Quaker Saints And then I seemed to see flowers of all kinds, and four-footed beasts, and birds; but all these, though they were fashioned most beautifully, were lacking in colour, for they were things of air. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study The Squash is a four-footed Beast, bigger than a Cat. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers I have never heard of their attacking men, but few four-footed beasts, even of large size, escape them. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon "At least we are numerous enough to beat off a lot of cowardly four-footed assailants." The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky I am the four-footed beast and am running, running, running as fast as my weary limbs will carry me. Born Again All other four-footed things show emotion by a change of countenance, just as human beings do—more, because they don't conceal their feelings—but sheep look as if they wore foolishly smiling masks. My Friend the Chauffeur There, scattered along the stream bed, lay the festering remains of their four-footed comrades, first victims of the ambuscade. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier Billy Brackett, with a heart full of sorrow over the loss of his four-footed but dearly loved companion, is on watch. Raftmates A Story of the Great River These were the Giant Reptiles par-excellence, for all of them were of enormous size, and some were by far the largest of all four-footed animals, exceeded in bulk only by the modern whales. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections The literature of the Anglo-Saxon is rich in tributes to the dog, as becomes a race which beyond any other has understood and developed its four-footed companions. The Dog's Book of Verse Within that dense, matted shrubbery, and behind that phalanx of trees, the imagination of the traveler sees all manner of four-footed beasts and creeping things. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America A four-footed creature with a red tongue hanging from its jaws. The Time Traders With this he again sprang into the skiff, with the evident intention of attempting to rescue his four-footed comrade. Raftmates A Story of the Great River When one hears that every four-footed beast has to be imported, one naturally expects dear and indifferent horses, but I am agreeably surprised in this respect. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Out of the cover trotted a four-footed, antlered animal he had not seen before. Star Hunter All the four-footed folk in the neighborhood agreed that Dickie Deer Mouse was well worth knowing. The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse Soon he saw a four-footed shape running along the top of the bank, giving tongue. The Time Traders He was singed and blackened beyond recognition; but he was a four-footed hero, who had nobly performed a self-imposed duty. Raftmates A Story of the Great River The following couplet was written humorously by Swift for a dog's collar— "Pray steal me not: I'm Mrs. Dingley's Whose heart in this four-footed thing lies." History of English Humour, Vol. 2 A little later he flushed a four-footed creature from between two rocks and killed it with one blow from his spear haft. Star Hunter Soon after the arrival of the Ralestones at Pirate's Haven, Sam had brought this four-footed prodigy to their attention. Ralestone Luck The scarcity of four-footed beasts of burden is noticeable after the crowded Moorish thoroughfares. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond He forgot the ache in his new-found love and the strength which had come into his boy's soul from the sense of kinship with Nature which this beautiful dumb four-footed friend had brought him. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis "Well, Ellen, I must say that is rather uncomfortable, even without any danger of four-footed society." The Wide, Wide World As a man of science, the name of Dr Duncan is associated with the discovery of footprints of four-footed animals in the New Red-Sandstone. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Then the mists cleared away as gradually as they had come, the sun shone out, the grass grew, and strange four-footed animals came and fed upon it. The Ontario Readers Third Book There is the wild life that obeys no man's law: the insects, the birds, and small four-footed animals. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls When Bunny is on his own ground he is one of the fastest of four-footed things. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary The horse brought four-footed life into the dead world of the slope, patiently drawing his load, mindless of gun-blasts and the shriek of shell-fragments once he was habituated to them. My Second Year of the War If, therefore, the child can perceive such an object as a dog, it implies that he recognizes it, say, as a hairy, four-footed creature. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education The tree, evidently, depended on four-footed rather than on flying creatures to scatter its seeds. Operation: Outer Space But we here meet with our feathered and four-footed companions at every corner. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour I love living things that have no feet, ... four-footed creatures, and things with many feet.... The Essence of Buddhism They used panic gas on a herd of cattle and it made them crazy and they charged the settlement like the four-footed lunatics they are! This World Is Taboo The notion dog, for instance, is more intensive than the notion four-footed animals; the notion lawyer, than the notion man. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education The greeting he extended to his four-footed friend was a short one this morning, for David had other matters on his mind. The Boy Trapper All at once I heard the unmistakable tread of some heavy four-footed beast. Round About the Carpathians Having now, I think, mentioned all the “four-footed beasts” about which I had any thing particular to say, I will pass on to another and still more beautiful portion of God’s handy-work—the birds. Kindness to Animals Or, The Sin of Cruelty Exposed and Rebuked There was a meaning of you in every bird-call and flutter of wings and race of wild four-footed things across the open. Madelon A Novel The class lawyer, for instance, is not so extensive as the class man; nor the class dog, as the class four-footed objects. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education These he roasted over a fire and divided with his four-footed friend. The Boy Trapper A dozen feet farther, some four-footed animal suddenly leaped to the edge of the bank, sniffed, and disappeared noiselessly. Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier Inherently he was a lover of animals, and he believed these four-footed creatures of Thoreau's must have suffered terribly during the night. The Courage of Marge O'Doone Though ministers abroad may lightly treat The rights that only appertain to men, They must protect our Western corn-fed meat, Defending our four-footed citizen. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside In other words, it takes on a general character, and will likely be applied in interpreting the next four-footed object which comes under the child's attention. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education Or perhaps the word "quadruped" is used first as being the genus, to which the others are added as species, for even some reptiles, such as lizards and tortoises, are four-footed. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition In all the aeons four-footed wild-folk never seem to have learnt to look up, and, for the omission, die some painful deaths that might otherwise be avoided. The Way of the Wild One of those rascally sailor thieves, rather; not a four-footed beast is safe from them. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood Two well-trained dogs guard this lot at night, and woe to the two-footed or four-footed prowler who intrudes. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside When a single attribute such as four-footedness is generalized to represent the class four-footed objects, the notion itself is relatively simple. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education A definition such as "a reasonable four-footed animal" would be of this kind, and the intellect false in making it; for such a statement as "some reasonable animals are four-footed" is false in itself. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition But, then, the cat would not have been a wild four-footed animal if he had. The Way of the Wild Out on the water he was safe from Mr. Fox and Mr. Wolf and all the other four-footed hunters. Mother West Wind "Where" Stories Flora, a little black pony, is another four-footed favorite. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics Like many other of our four-footed game, the rabbit manifests a peculiar liking for salt and may be regularly attracted to a given spot by its aid. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Therefore the words, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature," should rather have been, "Let the earth bring forth the living four-footed creatures." Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition The noises of the grazing horses and of the four-footed inhabitants of the night startled him more than once from a cat-nap. The Sheriff's Son "Do you know, Dismas, your lamentations don't amuse me?" said the other, supporting himself on his hands and knees like a four-footed beast. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross When his food was placed at some distance from him, he would run to it on all fours like any four-footed animal; but at other times he would walk upright occasionally. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II "All I can say is, you'd better study national history, Danny, and learn how the four-footed friends of man are made," remarked Darn. The Circus Comes to Town The forest was silent, and the only noises in it were the scratching of four-footed beasts, the dropping of fir cones, and the heavy stamping of the horse of power in the soft path. Old Peter's Russian Tales These pretty nearly complete the catalogue of four-footed animals yet known on this vast island. Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia The growls were now redoubled, and he really believed some four-footed animal was the cause of all the uproar. Oonomoo the Huron The grass had been worn smooth by the feet of the villagers, among whom was not a dog, cat, horse, and, indeed, any four-footed animal. The Land of Mystery I see no risk in pushing through the jungle by day, since the only foes we are likely to encounter are four-footed ones. The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring They saw not one man', not one woman', not one child', not one four-footed beast'. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader The country produced four-footed animals of several kinds, as well as a great variety of fowls and fruits. Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia Giving the structure a push that brought it tumbling to the ground, he sprung back and held his rifle prepared for any foe, were he a four-footed or a two-footed one. Oonomoo the Huron However, he seems to consider himself the only real four-footed dog in camp. Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit But at the passing instant the mascot dog, leaping and whirling like a four-footed dervish, sprang backward. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Svadilföri, you must remember, had been working hard all winter, with never a sight of four-footed creature of his kind, and he was very lonesome and tired of dragging stones. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Perhaps, however, if the choice were given our four-footed friends to share our future prospects and present responsibility, they might decline the offer, "Thankfu' they werena' men, but dogs." Records of a Girlhood These vestiges cannot be reasonably accounted for, unless they are the degenerate hinder limbs of a remote four-footed ancestor. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope His preparations completed, he went to his shack to bid good-by to his four-footed pal. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest But the porters would not budge a foot quicker than they chose, and as they were not poor four-footed carriers their employers dared not thrash them, though most willingly would they have done so. Famous Stories Every Child Should Know The young folks were enthusiastic patrons of that little theatre in Boston, where for more than a hundred afternoons and evenings the "Professor," as he was called, showed off his four-footed pupils. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors "What has happened, O four-footed friends," he asked, "that you mourn so mightily?" The Curious Book of Birds We are therefore forced to conclude that whales have originated from four-footed animals walking about on land, because no opposed explanation gives so reasonable an interpretation of the observed facts. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope But the Child was not, as a rule, so interested in birds as in the four-footed kindreds. Children of the Wild My curse upon you, Friar Hennessy!" exclaimed the priest, in a soliloquy, "it was you who first taught this four-footed snail to go like a thief to the gallows. Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three I am referring here to the four-footed variety, though, of course, others were in evidence at times. Five Months at Anzac A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force And quoting from an ancient glossary, O'Brien says, "The Druids lighted two solemn fires every year, and drove all four-footed beasts through them, in order to preserve them from contagious distempers during the current year." Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century Countless structures of the human frame testify to an originally four-footed position and to a rotation of the longer axis through an angle of ninety degrees, as evolution has produced the human type. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope He didn't know that she rated him as low as any four-footed pet! Ishmael Or, In the Depths Thoth once wrote a wonderful book, full of wisdom and science, which told of everything concerning the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea, and the four-footed beasts of the earth. Ancient Egypt As all four-footed animals are incapable of standing on three legs, even so the religion of compassion cannot stand if any of those four divisions or parts be wanting. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 They should not also eat fishes that have no scales, and four-footed aquatic animals like frogs and others, except the tortoise. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 They went out Soldiers, and back like beaten dogs they came Breathing in whines, slow maimed four-footed things On hands and knees degraded, groaning steps. Emblems Of Love At last, he reached the deck in safety, and they gave him a place in a breezy nook beside some other four-footed passengers, and he immediately recovered. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 If they sat upon the ground, the weazels and the minks, the wildcats and other four-footed prowlers, would pounce upon them and devour them. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends Pai Ma plunged in, when he changed at once into a four-footed dragon, with horns, scales, claws, and wings complete. Myths and Legends of China Also, "When we get angry or lose our temper, then fierce four-footed beasts come out of our mouths, do they not, do they not?" Memories and Anecdotes The noble animal is to be seen occasionally on the boards, but he is cast for small parts only, is little better than a four-footed supernumerary. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Alas me! whither can I go? where stand? whither shall I direct my way, advancing my steps like the four-footed mountain beast on my hands and on my feet in pursuit? The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. When he had finished the land and the sea, the mountains and the meadows, he made the fishes, and then the four-footed kindreds. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends Monday morning people came for the dogs, and the captain patted each of his four-footed friends, before it went to its new home. Prince Jan, St. Bernard "I think the only foes whom we may dread in the next night and day are four-footed." The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain A series of life tales of our four-footed friends, as related by the animals. Daddy Takes Us to the Garden The Daddy Series for Little Folks Fires should be laid in our rooms immediately, and we should be made comfortable, but as for our animals, unfortunately there were no stables attached to the hotel, no accommodation whatever for four-footed creatures. The Princess Passes Inside the room there was no sound except the persistent patter of something four-footed going up and down. Vandover and the Brute Upon one point he was positively demented—the only four-footed maniac I ever knew. Roof and Meadow The stranger knelt down at one of the shattered windows of the chapel, his four-footed companion standing patiently by him, until the orison was over and the worshipers trooped out of the little chapel. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 It has acted as a sheltering mantle for its four-footed population for many months, and now the "hunters' moon" is fairly risen and the buck must beware. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time Even the four-footed inhabitants of the wilds could hardly have escaped. The Intriguers You see, I had not opened the door of the room yet, and while I was talking to the bell-boy I could hear the sound of something four-footed going back and forth inside the room. Vandover and the Brute Take a couple of handfuls of fine soil from over the spot where some four-footed animal has recently been buried. The Sorcery Club I saw where it was born deep down under feathers and fur, or condemned for a while to roam four-footed among the brambles. What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness His day for breaking in bucking mustangs was over, and he liked an animal that would behave itself as became the four-footed companion of his years. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories "You can compare yourself to a four-footed dog, Grace, but please leave me out of it." The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers Naked, four-footed, Vandover ran back and forth the length of the room. Vandover and the Brute Underneath are four-footed Creatures, or such Birds as live upon the Ground, after the Manner of Quadrupedes. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. He kept close beside the hunter or at his heels, a stealthily stepping, warily glancing hound, not scenting the four-footed denizens of the forest. The Mysterious Rider The journey which began, thus, with calls on her four-footed friends, was solitary, afterward, although in the narrow road-bed, here and there, she saw impressions of preceding footsteps, big and deep. In Old Kentucky He bade them good-night; and thereupon the straw the two-footed and four-footed pilgrims rested peacefully together, nestled in a warm mass of fur and feathers, flaxen hair, and woolen rags. John of the Woods All in an instant he had given way, yielding in a second to the strange hallucination of that four-footed thing that sulked and snarled. Vandover and the Brute When she saw him rise with the intention of going to the stable and making immediate acquaintance with its four-footed inhabitants, she again asked: "Then you say you did not see Honore?" The Downfall This arrangement served a double purpose; the guards could see farther than on the ground and they were safe from nocturnal attacks of their four-footed enemies. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life His mare tossed her head and snuffed at this strange four-footed thing that glided towards them. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 There were hundreds of new four-footed friends in the park and palace; and hundreds of two-footed friends in the trees and dovecotes. John of the Woods Pray steal me not; I'm Mrs. Dingley's, Whose heart in this four-footed thing lies. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 They read 'David Copperfield' with avidity, but are careful to avoid the catastrophe of Dora and even the demise of her four-footed favourite. Some Private Views Reindeer form the circulating medium, and all values are expressed in this four-footed currency. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Nobody giggled when our four-footed friends came in, and until I gave an order to expel them their presence was accepted as a matter of course. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines First of all he had to become acquainted with his oddly-mixed family of two-footed and four-footed brothers. John of the Woods Sir—At the request of my four-footed friends, I forward to you a free translation of the proceedings of a meeting of Houynhyms, recently held for the protection of their interests in corn. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 The elephant, by some called oliphant, is the largest of all four-footed beasts. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 —In such thickly settled communities as our northern states, from the Atlantic coast to the sandhills of Kansas and Nebraska, the domestic cat is probably the greatest four-footed scourge of bird life. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The miserable sound was repeated a second later, just as our little four-footed friend struck the level, and I discovered that it was my driver's appeal to his steed. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines The Battery also received a four-footed recruit in the shape of a little grey monkey, the gift of the Oxfordshire Yeomanry. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. He did understand Discourse of birds and all four-footed things, But she had knowledge of the many tribes Of angels and their tongues; their playful ways And greetings when they met. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. |
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