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Ass. John Trott was desired by two witty peers To tell them the reason why asses had ears. "An't please you," quoth John, "I'm not given to letters; Nor dare I pretend to know more than my betters: Howe'er, from this time I shall ne'er see your graces, As I hope to be saved! without thinking on asses."— GOLDSMITH — The Clown's Reply.

Bear. The fur that warms a monarch, warm'd a bear.— POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. III. L. 44.

Cat. Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!— HENRY CAREY — The Dragon of Wantley. Act II. Sc. 1.

Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, "You know, Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat. Therefore what does that signify to me!"— DICKENS — David Copperfield. Vol. II. Ch. VI.

Confound the cats! All cats-alway- Cats of all colours, black, white, grey; By night a nuisance and by day- Confound the cats!— ORLANDO THOS. DOBBIN — A Dithyramb

on Cats. If 'twere not for my cat and dog, I think I could not live.— EBENEZER ELLIOTT — Poor Andrew. St. 1.

It has been the providence of nature to give this creature nine lives instead of one.— PILPAY — Fable III.

Cow. A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.— SAM'L JOHNSON — Boswell's Life of

Johnson, 1772. Dog. His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.— CAMPBELL — Pleasures of Hope. Pt. I. L. 86.

And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, And curs of low degree.— GOLDSMITH — Elegy on the Death of a

Mad Dog. The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that died.— GOLDSMITH — Elegy on the Death of a

Mad Dog. But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.— POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. I. L. 111.

I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?— POPE — Epigrams. On the Collar of a Dog.

I have a dog of Blenheim birth, With fine long ears and full of mirth; And sometimes, running o'er the plain, He tumbles on his nose: But quickly jumping up again, Like lightning on he goes!— RUSKIN — My Dog Dash.

The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart, see, they bark at me.— Shakespeare — King Lear. Act III. Sc. 6. L. 65.

Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar?— Shakespeare — King Lear. Act IV. Sc. 6. L. 159.

We are two travellers, Roger and I. Roger's my dog-come here, you scamp! Jump for the gentleman-mind your eye! Over the table, -look out for the lamp! The rogue is growing a little old; Five years we've tramped through wind and weather, And slept out-doors when nights were cold, And ate and drank and starved together.— JOHN T. TROWBRIDGE — The Vagabonds.

Donkey. Janet! Donkeys!— DICKENS — David Copperfield. Vol. I. Ch. XIII.

Elephant. Th' unwieldy elephant, To make them mirth, us'd all his might, and wreathed His lithe proboscis.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. IV. L. 345.

The elephant hath joints, but none for courtesy: his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexure.— Shakespeare — Troilus and Cressida. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 97.

Gazelle. The gazelles so gentle and clever Skip lightly in frolicsome mood.— HEINE — Book of Songs, Lyrical. Interlude No. 9.