| William Gilpin - Forests and forestry - 1834 - 382 pages
...circumstance, that a calf of two days old was found so hidden, in a very lean and weak state. On stroking its head, it got up, pawed two or three times like an old bull, bellowed very loud, stepped back a few paces, and bolted with all its force at the legs of the person who discovered it... | |
| edmund ruffin - 1835 - 912 pages
...writer of the narrative, who found a hidden calf, two days old, very lean, and very weak; on stroking its head, it got up, pawed two or three times like an old bull, bellowed very loud, retired a few steps, and bolted at his legs with all its force; it then began to paw again, bellowed,... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 474 pages
...writer of the narrative, who found a hidden calf two days old, very lean and very weak ; on stroking 'its head, it got up, pawed two or three times, like an old bull, bellowed very loud, retired a few steps, and bolted at his legs with all its force ; it then began to paw again, bellowed,... | |
| William Andrew Chatto, Stephen OLIVER (the Younger, pseud. [i.e. William Andrew Chatto.]) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1835 - 368 pages
...writer of this narrative, who found a hidden calf, two days old, very lean and very weak : on stroking its head, it got up, pawed two or three times like an old bull, bellowed very loud, stepped back a few steps, and bolted at his legs with all its force ; it then began to paw again, bellowed,... | |
| Philip Miller - 1835 - 742 pages
...found a hidden cali' two days old, very lean and very weak ; on his stroking its head it got iij), pawed two or three times like an old bull, bellowed very loud, stepped back a few steps, and bolted at his legs with all its force ; it then began to paw again, bellowed,... | |
| William Howitt - Country life - 1838 - 414 pages
...writer of this narrative, who found a hidden calf of two days old, very lean and very weak. On stroking its head, it got up, pawed two or three times like an old bull, bellowed very loud, stepped back a few steps, and bolted at his legs with all his force. It then began to paw again, bellowed,... | |
| 1840 - 694 pages
...up, pawed the ground two or three times like an old bull, bellowed very loud, went back a few steps, and bolted at his legs with all its force : it then began to paw again, bellowed, stepped back, and bolted at him as before. Being aware of its intentions, Dr. Fuller stepped... | |
| Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1840 - 522 pages
...got up, pawed two or Ш"'0 О X 79 О X ke a» old bull, bellowed very loud, stepped back a few eps, and bolted at his legs with all its force ; it then began i paw again, bellowed, stepped back, and bolted as before; ut knowing its intention, and stepping aside,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1840 - 1046 pages
...it got up, pawed two or three tim«* ft* an old bull, bellowed very loud, stepped back a few leyt, and bolted at his legs with all its force ; it then began :. va» again, bellowed, stepped back, and bolted as before ; bot knowing its intention, and stepping... | |
| Moses Aaron Richardson - Ballads, English - 1843 - 436 pages
...writer of this narrative, who found a hidden calf, two days old, very lean, and very weak : on stroking its head, it got up, pawed two or three times like an old bull, bellowed very loud, retired a few steps, and bolted at his legs with all its force ; it then began to paw again, bellowed,... | |
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