 Flourish'd in air, low bending plies around His busy nose, .the steaming vapour snuffs Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried, Till, conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats quick; his snuffling nose, his active tail, Attest his joy ; then with...  A General History of Quadrupeds - Page 349by Ralph Beilby - 1807 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horse racing - 1832 - 712 pages
...deep back, broad nostrils, and strongly made, something like the old English mastiff, now so rare." '•Soon the sagacious brute, his curling tail Flourish'd...steaming vapour snuffs Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried, Till, conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats quick; his snuffling nose, his active... | |
 | John Scott - Dogs - 1845 - 312 pages
...Poet of the Chase, thus divinely sings — Soon the sagacious brute, curling bis tail, Flourish'il in air, low bending, plies around His busy nose, the...steaming vapour snuffs Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried, Till conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats quick; his snuffling nose, his active... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - Great Britain - 1848 - 1102 pages
...line His faithful hounds he leads, then with a voice That utters loud his rage, attentive cheers : Soon the sagacious brute, his curling tail Flourish'd...air, low bending, plies around His busy nose, the streaming vapour snuffs Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untry'd, Till, conscious of the recent stains,... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...a line His faithful hound he leads, then with a voice That utters loud his rage, attentive cheers : cloud, And disinhe vapor snuffs Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried, Till, conscious of the recent stains, his heart... | |
 | William Youatt - Dogs - 1852 - 452 pages
...rushed up after him. VARIETIES OF THE DOG. 135 u Soon the sagacious brute, his curling1 tail Flourished in air, low bending, plies around His busy nose, the...steaming vapour snuffs Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried, Till, conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats quick. His snuffing nose, his active... | |
 | George Frederick Pardon - Dogs - 1857 - 344 pages
.....use," in all tt,e uses of the several kinds of sporting f i. '•' ./'* .. CHAPTER XV. THE BLOODHOUND. Soon the sagacious brute, his curling tail Flourish'd...bending, plies around His busy nose, the steaming vapour snufi's Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried, Till, conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats... | |
 | William Youatt - Dog breeds - 1857 - 474 pages
...him on a fleet horse, rushed up afler him. " Soon the sagaeious brute, hia curling tail Flourished in air, low bending, plies around His busy nose, the steaming vapour snutl's Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untrjed. Till, conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats... | |
 | Joseph Addison, George Gilfillan - 1859 - 428 pages
...cheers : Soon the sagacious brute, his curling tail Flourished in air, low-bending plies around 320 His busy nose, the steaming vapour snuffs Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried, Till conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats quick ; his snuffling nose, his active... | |
 | George Richard Jesse - Dogs - 1866 - 486 pages
...a line His faithful hound he leads, then with a voice That utters loud his rage, attentive cheers : Soon the sagacious brute, his curling tail Flourish'd...steaming vapour snuffs Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried, Till, conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats quick ; his snuffling nose, his active... | |
 | Scottish border - 1869 - 624 pages
...That utters loud his rage, attentive cheers. Soon the sagacious brute, his curling tail Flourished in air, low bending, plies around His busy nose, the...steaming vapour snuffs Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried ; Till, conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats quick, his snuffling nose, his active... | |
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