 | Medicine - 1818 - 632 pages
...of Portsmouth were seated round the fire, one of them began to play a plaintive air on the violin. He had scarcely performed ten minutes, when a mouse,...the lieutenants in ships of the line. The strange ges. tures of the little animal strongly excited the attention of the officers, who, with one consent,... | |
 | 1823 - 626 pages
...plaintive air on the violin, when a mouse apparently frantic made its appearance on the centre of the deck. The strange gestures of the little animal strongly...attention of the officers, who, with one consent, agreed to suffer it to continue its singular actions unmolested. Its exertions now appeared to be greater... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 380 pages
...of Portsmouth, were seated round the fire, one of them began to play a plaintive air on the violin. He had scarcely performed ten minutes, when a mouse...frantic, made its appearance in the centre of the floor. The strange gestures of the little animal, strongly excited the attention of the officers, who with... | |
 | John Davidson Godman - Mammals - 1831 - 394 pages
...of Portsmouth, were seated around the fire, one of them began to play a plaintive air on the violin. He had scarcely performed ten minutes when a mouse,...floor, near the large table which usually stands in the ward- room, the residence of the lieutenants in ships of the line. The strange gestures of the little... | |
 | 1833 - 618 pages
...lying in harbour, were seated round the fire, one of them began to play a plaintive air on the violin. He had scarcely performed ten minutes, when a mouse...frantic, made its appearance in the centre of the floor. The strange gestures of the little animal excited the attention of the officers, who with one consent... | |
 | The treasury of wit and anecdote - 1842 - 336 pages
...of Portsmouth, were seated round the fire, one of them began to play a plaintive air on the violin. He had scarcely performed ten minutes, when a mouse,...frantic, made its appearance in the centre of the floor. The strange gestures of the little animal strongly excited the attention of the officers, who, with... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animal behavior - 1845 - 354 pages
...and some officers were seated by the fire, one of them began to play a plaintive air on the violin. He had scarcely performed ten minutes, when a mouse,...frantic, made its appearance in the centre of the floor. The strange gestures of the little animal strongly excited the attention of the officers, who, with... | |
 | Youth - 1856 - 412 pages
...of Portsmouth, were seated round the fire, one of them began to play a plaintive air on the violin. He had scarcely performed ten minutes, when a mouse, apparently frantic, made its appearance in the center of the floor. The strange gestures of the little animal strongly excited the attention of the... | |
 | Duty - 1853 - 228 pages
...of Portsmouth, were seated round the fire, one of them began to play a plaintive air on the violin. He had scarcely performed ten minutes, when a mouse...frantic, made its appearance in the centre of the floor. The strange gestures of the little animal, strongly excited the attention of the officers, who with... | |
 | Oliver Angell - Readers - 1858 - 268 pages
...but a few minutes, when a mouse, apparently frantic, made his appearance in the middle of the floor. The strange gestures of the little animal strongly excited the attention of the company, who with one consent, resolved to suffer it to continue its singular actions unmolested. 6.... | |
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British man of war, in the harbour of Portsmouth, were seated round the fire, one of them began to play a plaintive air on the violin. He had scarcely performed ten minutes, when a mouse apparently frantic, made its appearance in the centre of the floor.... 
