Rab and His FriendsCosimo, Inc., 01.12.2005 - 208 Seiten I was bitten severely by a little dog when with my mother at Moffat Wells, being then three years of age, and I have remained "bitten" ever since in the matter of dogs. I remember that little dog... and were I allowed to search among the shades in the cynic Elysian fields, I could pick her out still.-from "Our Dogs"The 1858 short story "Rab and His Friends"-based on a true incident about a gray mastiff, Rab, and his relationship with an Edinburgh doctor and one of the doctor's patients-is considered one of the finest examples of Victorian melodrama. It is also beautifully portrays the extraordinary insight author John Brown had into the canine temperament; it and other essays included here on Brown's life with the faithful animals will enchant dog lovers. Also featured in this volume: Brown's renowned 1863 sketch, "Marjorie Fleming."Scottish physician and writer John Brown (1810-1882) is best known for his two volumes of essays, Horae Subsecivae (Leisure Hours) (1858, 1861). |
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MARJORIE FLEMING | 47 |
THE MYSTERY OF BLACK AND TAN | 109 |
HER LAST HALFCROWN | 131 |
QUEEN MARYS CHILDGARDEN | 189 |
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Ailie asked asleep beautiful better Black and Tan boys Braehead bright Callander called child creature Crieff dark dead dear death delight Divil dogs fighting door Duchess Duchie Duke of Wellington ears eyes face father fear feet fell fond gave gentle gleams Glen Ogle going hair happy head heart Hill Howgate huge HUGH MILLER Isabella James Jess John Pym keen Keith Kirkcaldy knew look Lord lying Maid Maidie Maidie's Maister John MARJORIE FLEMING Mary Duff master mastiff measles morning mother mouth MYSTERY OF BLACK never night plaid plainly poor Quá QUEEN MARY'S Rab's Ravelstone roar round Scott soul Stonehenge Street surgeon sweet tail teeth tell terrier thing thoroughbred thought Toby Tom Jones took touch trotted walked watching wild woman words young
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Seite 10 - ... brutes;' it is a crowd annular, compact, and mobile ; a crowd centripetal, having its eyes and its heads all bent downwards and inwards, to one common focus. Well, Bob and I are up, and find it is not over : a small thoroughbred, white bull-terrier, is busy throttling a large shepherd's dog, unaccustomed to war, but not to be trifled with. They are hard at it ; the scientific little fellow doing his work in great style, his pastoral enemy fighting wildly, but with the sharpest of teeth and a...