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The Persian king Ochus was nicknamed the "Ass," which made him to say, "This ass shall dine upon your ox," and accordingly he slew Apis.

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Typhon is said to have escaped from Horus by a flight of seven days on an ass.]

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Some neither can for wits nor critics pass, As heavy mules are neither horse nor ass.

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let the secret pass, That secret to each fool, that he's an ass: 80 The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?)

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that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk?

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True, conscious honour is to feel no sin, He's arm'd without that's innocent within; Be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass; Compared to this, a minister's an ass.

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Have you not seen, at Guildhall's narrow pass, Two aldermen dispute it with an ass?

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One, one man only breeds my just offence; Whom crimes gave wealth, and wealth gave impudence: Time, that at last matures a clap to pox, Whose gentle progress makes a calf an ox, And brings all natural events to pass, Hath made him an attorney of an ass.

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Some neither can for wits nor critics pass, As heavy mules are neither horse nor ass.

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let the secret pass, That secret to each fool, that he's an ass: 80 The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?)

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that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk?

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True, conscious honour is to feel no sin, He's arm'd without that's innocent within; Be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass; Compared to this, a minister's an ass.

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Have you not seen, at Guildhall's narrow pass, Two aldermen dispute it with an ass?

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We had gipsies, and Mrs. Mills the actress for the queen of the gipsies; and she gave us a famous good song, Rochfort, you know--and then there _was_ two children upon an _ass_--damme, I don't know how they came there, for they're things one sees every day--and belonged only to two of the soldiers' wives--for we had the whole band of the Staffordshire playing at dinner, and we had some famous glees--and Fawcett gave us his laughing song, and then we had the launching of the ship, and only it was a boat, it would have been well enough--but damme, the song of Polly Oliver was worth the whole--except the Flemish Hercules, Ducrow, you know, dressed in light blue and silver, and--Miss Portman, I wish you had seen this--three great coach-wheels on his chin, and a ladder and two chairs and two children on them--and after that, he sported a musquet and bayonet with the point of the bayonet on his chin--faith!

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During my stay, the hire of an ass from Djidda to Mekka was twenty piastres.

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I have ridden from Mekka to Djidda upon an ass in thirteen hours.

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Not far from Tayf I overtook three Arnaut soldiers, each, like myself, mounted on an ass.

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He seemed, however, willing to avoid the trouble and expense of a guest; for when I expressed some appre-hensions that my tired ass would be unable to keep pace with his fine mule, he immediately answered, that he hoped, at all events, to meet me again at Mekka.

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"What an ass!" said Rulledge.

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A clever, intelligent lad ought to talk revolutionary stuff, but when a man reaches Palfrey's age and is still gabbling that silly-cleverness, then the man's an ass.

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A clever, intelligent lad ought to talk revolutionary stuff, but when a man reaches Palfrey's age and is still gabbling that silly-cleverness, then the man's an ass.

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I am an ass!

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The French fops, here, all buzz and swarm around her; each making love to her, with all the shrugs, grimaces, and ready made raptures of which he is master; and to which I am obliged patiently to listen, or shew myself an ass.

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If I not note her freaks, if I forget her imperious caprice, if my embittered mind slumber in its intents, say not I am the proud-spirited Clifton you once knew; that prompt, bold, and inflexible fellow, whom arrogance could rouse, and injury inflame, but a suffering, patient ass; a meek pitiful thing, such as they would make me!

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My very soul spurns at it!--But 'tis past--Deceitful, damned sex!--Idiot that I was, I began to fancy myself beloved!--I!--Blind, deaf, insensate driveler!--Torpid, blockish, brainless mammet!--Most sublime ass!--Oh for a bib and barley sugar, with the label _Meacock_ pinned before and behind!-- Fairfax, I never can forgive my own absurd and despicable stupidity!--Marriage?--What, with a woman in whose eye the perfect impression and hated form of a mean rival is depicted?--In colours glowing hot!--Who lives, revels, triumphs in her heart!--I marry such a woman?--I?-- 'I had rather be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love For other's use.'

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A vile, disgusting, despicable, besotted ass of a world!

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I have been the fool, the gudgeon, the ineffable ass to lose a sum of money to him, which to pay would be destruction!--I begin to hate myself with most strange inveteracy!

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A peasant happening to pass with an ass loaded with long reeds, or canes, the knights began in sport to tilt at each other with them, and Richard was thus opposed to a certain Guillaume des Barres, who had once placed him in great danger in a battle in Normandy.

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"R. MOORE, Ass't.

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Agt., Pittsburgh, PA. C. W. ADAMS, Ass't Gen.

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One that was brought to England broke his chain--scoured the surrounding country--and, before dawn, had destroyed several sheep; and another attacked, and would have destroyed, an ass, if he had not been prevented.

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In his native country, he is not only used for hunting the hare, but the antelope, the wild ass, and even the boar.

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The chase, however, in which the Persians chiefly delight, and for which these greyhounds are mostly valued, is that of the 'ghoo-khan', or wild ass.

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The pulse of the greater part of our domestic animals has been calculated by Mr. Vatel, in his excellent work on Veterinary Pathology, to be nearly as follows: In the horse, from 32 to 38 pulsations in a minute." ox or cow, " 35 " 49 " " ass, " 48 " 54 " " sheep, " 70 " 79 " " goat, from 72 to 76 pulsations in a minute." dog, " 90 " 100 " " cat, " 110 " 120 " " rabbit, .

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Acupuncturation, used in neuralgic affections mode of performing Adam, Mr., on fungus hæmatodes Adeps, the basis of all ointments African wild dog, description of the Agasæi, British hunting dogs, description of Age, the indications of Albanian dog, description of the Alcohol, only used in tinctures Alicant dog, description of the Aloes, Barbadoes, the best purgative Alpine spaniel, description of Alteratives, the most useful Alum, a powerful astringent Amaurosis, symptoms of American wild dogs, description of the Anæmia, description of causes of 'post-mortem' appearances Anasarca, nature of Andalusian dog, description of the Angina, nature of Antimony, the oxide of, a sudorific the black sesquisulphuret of, an alterative Anubis, an Egyptian deity with the head of a dog Anus, polypus in the fistula in the Aquafortis, a caustic Argus, the dog of Ulysses Arrian on hunting Artois dog, description of the Ascarides, a species of worms Ascites, 'see' Dropsy Attention, an important faculty Auscultation, use of Australasian dog, description of the Barbary dog, description of the Barbet, description of the Bark, Peruvian, a valuable tonic Barry, a celebrated Bernardine dog, anecdote of Bath, use of in puerperal fits Beagle, description of the Bell, Professor, opinion on the origin of the dog Bernardine dog, description of the Billy, a celebrated terrier Bladder, inflammation of the rupture of the Blain, nature, causes, treatment, and 'post-mortem' appearances of Blaine, Mr., opinion on kennel lameness on tetanus on dropsy on calculus on distemper on mange Bleeding, best place for directions for useful in epilepsy useful in distemper Blenheim spaniel, description of the Blisters, uses of composition mode of applying and guarding Bloodhound, description of the Brain, comparative bulk of in different animals description of the Breaking-in of hounds cruelty disadvantageous Breeding of greyhounds should always be permitted British hunting-dogs, Agasæi, description of Bronchocele, nature of causes and treatment of Búánsú, or Nepâl dog, description of Buffon, opinion as to the origin of the dog Bull-dog, description of the crossed with the greyhound Bull terrier, description of the Cæcum, description of the Calculus, nature, causes, and treatment of, in the intestines, causes of, cases, Calomel, a dangerous medicine should not be used in enteritis Cancer, symptoms of treatment of Canis, genus Canker in the ear, causes, symptoms and treatment of cases of Canute, laws concerning greyhounds by Cardia, description of the Castor oil, a valuable purgative Castration, proper time for mode of performing not recommended Catechu, an astringent Caustic, lunar, the best Cayotte, description of the Chabert, anecdote of the dog of Chalk, an astringent Charles I, anecdote of the dog of Charles II's spaniel, description of Chest, anatomy and diseases of the proper form of, in the greyhound in the fox-hound Chest-founder, nature, causes, and treatment of Chloride of lime, uses of Chorea, nature of, causes, treatment cases in distemper Chryseus scylex, or dhole, description of the Claret, a celebrated greyhound Classification, zoological Climate, effect of Clysters, uses of Coach-dog, description of the Cocker, description of the Colic, causes, symptoms, and treatment of Colon, the rupture of the Colour of the greyhound of the pointer Constipation, causes and treatment of Copper, preparations of, and their uses Coryza, the early stage of distemper Costiveness, causes and treatment of means of preventing Cough, spasmodic, nature and treatment of Coursing, Ovid's description of anecdotes of laws of general rules for the guidance of judges local rules Creosote, a dangerous medicine useful in canker Creta, an astringent Cropping of the ears deafness frequently caused by disapproved of proper method of Cross-breeding, effect of Cuba, mastiff of Cur, description of the Cyprus, greyhounds of, described Cynosaurus cristatus, an useful emetic Czarina, a celebrated greyhound Dakhun wild dog, description of the Dalmatian dog, description of the Danish sacrifices of dogs, description of dog, description of the Deab, description of the Deafness frequently caused by cropping Deer-hound, description of the Delafond, Professor, his table of the diagnostic symptoms of pleurisy and pneumonia Dentition, formula of Dew-claws their removal unnecessary Dhole, description of the Diaphragm, description of the Diarrhoea, causes, nature, and treatment of habitual Dick, Professor, on rabies on the use of ergot of rye Digestion, the process of Digitalis, the uses of Digitigrade, an order of animals Dingo, description of the Distemper, origin of the name is a new disease causes of is contagious is epidemic effects on different breeds symptoms nature of duration 'post-mortem' appearances treatment a cause of epilepsy sometimes terminates in palsy Dog, early history of the used as a beast of draught for food uses of the skin of the origin of mention of, in the Old and New Testaments anecdotes of the sagacity and fidelity of changes produced in, by breeding and climate zoological description of natural divisions of sacrificed by the Greeks and Romans by the Danes and Swedes African wild Albanian Alicant Alpine spaniel American wild Andalusian Artois Australasian Barbary barbet beagle black and tan spaniel Blenheim spaniel blood-hound British bull bull terrier coach cocker cur Dakhun Dalmatian Danish drover's Egyptian Esquimaux fox-hound French matin French pointer gasehound Grecian Grecian greyhound greyhound Hare Indian harrier Highland greyhound Hyrcanian Iceland Irish greyhound Italian greyhound Italian wolf Javanese King Charles's spaniel Lapland lion Locrian lurcher Mahratta Maltese mastiff Molossian Nepal Newfoundland New Zealand otter Pannonian pariah Persian greyhound pointer Polugar poodle Portuguese pointer Russian greyhound Russian pointer Scotch greyhound Scotch terrier setter sheep shock southern hound spaniel Spanish pointer springer stag-hound Sumatran wild terrier Thibet Turkish Turkish greyhound water-spaniel wild wolf Dog-carts, prohibition of, disapproved should be licensed Dog-pits Dog-stealing Dog's-tail grass, the use of Dogs, Isle of, origin of the name Dropsy, causes of cases of treatment of Drover's dog, description of the Duodenum, the Dupuy, M., on diseases of the spinal marrow Dysentery, nature of treatment of Ear, diseases of the vegetating excrescences in the eruptions in the cropping of the polypi in the, nature and treatment of pain of, an early symptom of rabies Egyptian worship of the dog dog, description of the Elfric, King of Mercia, possessed greyhounds Emetic tartar, uses of Enteritis, causes, symptoms, and treatment of Epiglottis, description of the Epilepsy, causes of treatment of cases puerperal in distemper Epsom salts, a purgative Ergot of rye, use of, in parturition Esquimaux dog, description of the Ethiopia, a dog elected king of Ethmoid bones, description of the Extremities, bones of the Eye, distinctive form of the diseases of the construction of the cases of disease of the congenital blindness ophthalmia cataract amaurosis appearance of in rabies appearance of in distemper Familiaris, sub-genus Feet, sore Femur, fracture of the Fighting-pits First division of varieties Fistula in the anus, causes and treatment of Fits, symptoms of treatment of distemper puerperal Fitzhardinge, Lord, his management of hounds Flogging hounds, disapproved of Food, the dog used for of the greyhound of the foxhound insufficient, a cause of distemper Fore-arm, fracture of the Foxhound, description of the size and proper conformation of pupping treatment of whelps breaking in management in the field general management and food of Lord Fitzhardinge's management Fractures, most frequent in young dogs of the humerus of the thigh of the femur of the radius of the fore-arm of the shoulder of the pelvis of the skull French pointer, description of the Fungus hæmatodes, a case of 'post-mortem' appearances Gasehound, description of Gêlert, the dog of Llewellyn, poem on the death of Gentian, a stomachic and tonic Ghoo-khan, or wild ass, hunted by Persian greyhounds Giddiness, nature and treatment of Ginger, a cordial and tonic Glass, powdered, the best vermifuge Goître, nature of cause and treatment of Good qualities of the dog Goodwood kennel, description of plan of Grecian dogs, description of sacrifices of dogs greyhound, description of the Greyhound, description of the puppies, out of origin of known in England in the Anglo-Saxon period old verses describing the cross with the bull-dog proper conformation of colour of breeding rules for age food training laws for coursing with English Grecian Highland Irish Italian Persian Russian Scotch Turkish Grognier, Professor, description of the French sheep-dog Gullet, description of the Hare Indian dog, description of the Harrier, description of the Head, bones of the form of in the foxhound Heart, description of the action of the rupture of the Hecate, dogs sacrificed to Hepatitis, causes, symptoms, and treatment of Hertwich, Professor, on rabies Highland greyhound, description of the Hindoos regard the dog unclean Hogg, James, anecdotes of his dog Hog's lard, the basis of all ointments Hound, the various kinds of blood fox otter southern stag Humerus, fracture of the Hunting with dogs first mentioned by Oppian Hunting-kennels Huntsman, the requisites of a Hydatids in the kidney Hydrocyanic acid, useful in cases of irritation of the skin Hydrophobia, 'see' Rabies Hyrcanian dog, description of the Iceland dog, description of the Ileum, description of the Incontinence of urine India, degeneration of dogs in Inflammation of the lungs of the stomach of the intestines of the peritoneal membrane of the liver of the kidney of the bladder of the feet Intelligence of the dog anecdotes illustrative of the Intestines, description of the inflammation of the Intussusception, nature and causes of treatment Iodine, a valuable medicine in goître in dropsy Irish greyhound, description of the wolf-dog setter Italian greyhound, description of the wolf-dog James's powder, a sudorific Jaundice, causes, symptoms, and treatment of Javanese dog, description of the Jejunum, description of the Jenner, Dr., on distemper Jews regard the dog with abhorrence John, kept many dogs received greyhounds in lieu of fines Kamtschatka, uses of the dog as a beast of draught in Karáráhé or New Zealand dog, description of the Kennel, description of Goodwood Plan of Goodwood for watch-dog construction of hare, use of lameness, nature of causes of means of prevention Kidney, inflammation of the hydatids in the King Charles's spaniel, description of Lachrymal duct, description of the Lapland dog, description of the Lard, the basis of all ointments Larynx, description of the inflammation of the Laws of coursing Leblanc, M., on jaundice Léonard, M., his exhibition of dogs Lime, chloride of, the uses of Lion dog, description of the Lips, functions of the swellings of the Liver, description of the functions of the inflammation of the Llewellyn, poem on the dog of Locrian dog, description of the Lunar caustic, the best recommended for bites of rabid dogs Lungs, inflammation of the congestion of the Lurcher, description of the Madness, canine, 'see' Rabies Magnesia, sulphate of, a purgative Mahratta dog description of the Majendie, his experiments on the olfactory nerves Major, a celebrated greyhound Maltese dog, description of the Mammalia, a class of animals Management of the pack Mange, nature of is hereditary the scabby treatment causes of frequently causes goître Mastiff, description of the used in Cuba to hunt the Indians Mâtin, description of the Maxillary bones, description of the Meatus, description of the Medicines, a list of the most useful mode of administering Medullary substance of the brain Memory of the dog Mercury, preparations of uses of Milk, accumulation of, in the teats secretion of, connected with cancer Mohammedan abhorrence of dogs Molossian dog, description of the Moral qualities of the dog Nasal bones, description of the catarrh, nature of cavity, polypus in the Neck, should be long in the greyhound Nepal dog, description of the Nerves, description of the Nervous system, diseases of Newfoundland dog, description of the New Holland dog, description of the New Zealand dog, description of the Nimrod, opinion on kennel lameness Nitrate of potash, a useful diuretic Nitrate of silver, a caustic recommended for the bites of rabid dogs useful in chorea in canker Nitric acid, a caustic Norfolk spaniel, description of the Nose, anatomy of the diseases of the discharge from the, in distemper Olfactory nerves, size of, in different animals development of the description of the Ophthalmia, symptoms of causes of treatment of Oppian, the first who mentions hunting with dogs description of British dogs by Orbit of the eye, form of the Orford, Lord, first crossed greyhounds with the bull-dog death of Otter-hound, description of the Ovaries, removal of the Ovid, description of coursing by Ozæna, nature and treatment of Palate, veil of the inflammation of the Palsy, causes of treatment of a consequence of chorea consequence of distemper Palm oil, an emollient Pancreas, functions of the Pannonian dog, description of the Pariah, description of the Parry, Captain, description of the Esquimaux dog Parturition, time of management during use of the ergot of of rye inversion of the uterus after Pelvis, fracture of the Percival, Mr., on fractures Pericardium, description of the case of a wound in the Peritonitis, symptoms and treatment of Persian greyhound, description of the Peruvian bark, a valuable tonic Phlegmonous tumour, nature and treatment of Pleurisy, nature of diagnostic symptoms of Pneumonia, nature and treatment of diagnostic symptoms of in distemper a consequence of small-pox Pointer, compared with the setter, 136; early training of, 144; breaking-in, 149; English, 140; French, 142; Spanish, 142 Pollux, the introduction of hunting with dogs attributed to Polugar dog, description of the Polypus in the ear in the nasal and anal cavities in the vagina Pomeranian wolf-dog, description of Poodle, description of the Portuguese pointer, description of the Potash, the nitrate of, a useful diuretic Prussic acid, useful in cases of irritation of the skin Puerperal fits, causes, nature, and treatment of Pulse of various animals Pupping, 'see' Parturition Purging in distemper should be avoided Pythagoras, his high opinion of the virtues of the dog Rabies, cases early symptoms progress 'post-mortem' appearances causes period of incubation duration nature of the virus nature of the disease treatment of persons bitten in the horse in the rabbit in the guinea-pig in the cat in the fowl in the badger in the wolf trials concerning the death of persons by Radius, fracture of the Radcliffe, D., on scent Rectum, the Retriever, Newfoundland dog used as Rheumatism, nature, causes, and treatment of Richard II, anecdote of the dog of Richmond, the third Duke of, built Goodwood kennel Roman sacrifices of dogs, description of Rottenness of the lungs Rupture of the heart, case of 'post-mortem' appearances of the colon of the bladder Russian greyhound, description of the pointer, description of the Saliva, state of in rabies Salts, a purgative Scabby mange, nature and treatment of Scent, the term description of influence of the atmosphere upon Scotch greyhound, description of the terrier, description of the Scott, Sir Walter, anecdote of the dog of verses on the dogs of Second division of varieties Seton, useful in epilepsy Setter, description of the early training of compared with the pointer Sheep-dog, description of the anecdotes of the supposed by Buffon to be the original type French, description of the Shock-dog, description of the Shoulder, fracture of the proper form of the, in the greyhound Siberian dog, description of the Simonds, Professor, on fractures Simpson, Mr., on the use of the ergot of rye Skeleton, description of the Skin, uses of the Skull, form of, adopted as the arrangement of the varieties of the dog fracture of the Small-pox, symptoms of causes of treatment Smell, the sense of Snowball, a celebrated greyhound Sore feet, causes of treatment Southern hound, description of the Spaniel, origin of the description of the Blenheim King Charles's Norfolk water Spanish pointer, description of the Spasmodic cough, nature and treatment of Spaying, mode of performing Spleen, functions of the diseases of the Springer, description of the Staghound, description of the anecdotes of the Staling, profuse Starch, bandage, useful in fractures Stealing of dogs Stomach, anatomy and diseases of the case of the retention of a sharp instrument in the Strychnia, a valuable medicine in palsy Sulphur, the basis of applications for mange a good alterative Sumatra, description of the wild dog of Surfeit, an eruption resembling mange Swedish sacrifices of dogs, description of Sympathetic nerves Tænia, a species of worm Tailing Tape-worm, the Tapping in cases of dropsy Tartar emetic, a useful medicine Teeth, distinctive arrangement of the description of the cuts showing various signs of growth and decay supernumerary diseases of the very early lost by the Turkish dog Teres, a species of worm Terrier, description of the training of the anecdotes of the Scotch, description of the Tetanus, causes of symptoms and treatment of Thibet dog, description of the Thigh, fracture of the Third division of varieties Thyroid cartilage, description of the Toes, sore number of Tongue, description of the mode of drinking worming blain Torsion, mode of performing forceps Training of the greyhound of the foxhound of the pointer or setter Trimmer.

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I grant you Noël is an ass, but, then, look you, he is of the nobility.

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Indeed, neither Florian nor Adhelmar was at strict pains to act as common-sense dictated, and Falstaff is scarcely describable as immaculate: Villon thieved, Kit Marlowe left a wake of emptied bottles, and Will Sommers was notoriously a fool; Matthiette was vain, and Adelais self-seeking, and the tenth Marquis of Falmouth, if you press me, rather a stupid and pompous ass: and yet to each in turn it was granted to love greatly, to know at least one hour of magnanimity when each was young in the world's annually recaptured youth.

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'What an ass I must have looked!' he said.

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The serviceable one who found a resting-place in a field for Mary the Egyptian; the flaming lion who protected virgins or maidens in danger; and then the lion of Saint Jerome, to whose care an ass had been confided, and, when the animal was stolen, went in search of him and brought him back.

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We did all in our power to save Pierrot: a skilful doctor came to see him, felt his pulse, sounded his lungs, and ordered him ass's milk.

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A few sheep of a dwarf breed crop the scanty herbage on the slopes; sometimes the winter is so severe that they die; in the distance we perceive a shaggy ox, with savage eyes, the size of a small ass.

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As for a man coming from his desk in London or Dublin and seeing "the whole lakes in a day," he is an ass for his pains; a child doing sums in addition might as well read the whole multiplication table, and fancy he had it by heart.

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For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before.

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the cow and ass, dumb-staring, Feel the skirts of good Fold them in dull-blessed sharing Of infinitude.

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Make a little room betwixt you, Pray you, Ass and Cow!

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Babe and mother, coming Mage, Shepherd, ass, and cow!

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You are not to pass On these high questions; plainly, you're an ass.

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But I, with eyes that beauty find, And music ever in my mind, Feed my thoughts well upon that grass Which starves the horse, the ox, and ass.

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The "Peau de Chagrin," which is a powerful satire on the vice and selfishness of the day, suffers in its allegorical, though not in its humanly interesting side, by the vivid picture it gives of Balzac's youth; as, in spite of the introduction of the influence of the magic Ass Skin, the account of Raphael in the early part of the book, as the frugal, determined genius with high intellectual aspirations, does not harmonise with his weak, despicable character as it unfolds itself subsequently.

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Werdet wrote a book abusing Balzac as the cause of his failure; and Balzac, on his side, was certainly unsympathetic about the misfortunes of a man whose interests, after all, were bound up with his own, and whom he politely called "childish, bird-witted, and obstinate as an ass."

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OF all the rides since, the birth of time, Told in story or sung in rhyme,-- On Apuleius's Golden Ass, Or one-eyed Calendar's horse of brass; Witch astride of a human back, Islam's prophet on Al-Borak,-- The strangest ride that ever was sped Was Ireson's, out from Marblehead!

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A tool, to bolt the people's door Against the people clamoring there, An ass, to trample on their floor A people's right of prayer!

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To whom shall men thyself compare, Since common models fail 'em, Save classic goose of ancient Rome, Or sacred ass of Balaam?

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The gabble of that wakeful goose Saved Rome from sack of Brennus; The braying of the prophet's ass Betrayed the angel's menace!

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A tool, to bolt the people's door Against the people clamoring there, An ass, to trample on their floor A people's right of prayer!

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To whom shall men thyself compare, Since common models fail 'em, Save classic goose of ancient Rome, Or sacred ass of Balaam?

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The gabble of that wakeful goose Saved Rome from sack of Brennus; The braying of the prophet's ass Betrayed the angel's menace!

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Sadly, ass name by name we called the roll, We heard the dead-bells toll For the unanswering many, and we knew The living were the few.

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Why, I never yet Left a poor dog in the strada hard beset, Or ass o'erladen!

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Must I rate man less Than dog or ass, in holy selfishness?

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Sadly, ass name by name we called the roll, We heard the dead-bells toll For the unanswering many, and we knew The living were the few.

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Why, I never yet Left a poor dog in the strada hard beset, Or ass o'erladen!

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Must I rate man less Than dog or ass, in holy selfishness?

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A tool, to bolt the people's door Against the people clamoring there, An ass, to trample on their floor A people's right of prayer!

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To whom shall men thyself compare, Since common models fail 'em, Save classic goose of ancient Rome, Or sacred ass of Balaam?

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The gabble of that wakeful goose Saved Rome from sack of Brennus; The braying of the prophet's ass Betrayed the angel's menace!

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Sadly, ass name by name we called the roll, We heard the dead-bells toll For the unanswering many, and we knew The living were the few.

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Why, I never yet Left a poor dog in the strada hard beset, Or ass o'erladen!

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Must I rate man less Than dog or ass, in holy selfishness?

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100 Turn then from wits; and look on Simo's mate, No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate.

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6 'You'd write as smooth again on glass, And run, on ivory, so glib, As not to stick at fool or ass,[65] Nor stop at flattery or fib.

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Three cat-calls be the bribe Of him whose chattering shames the monkey tribe: And his this drum whose hoarse heroic bass Drowns the loud clarion of the braying ass.'

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So swells each windpipe; ass intones to ass, Harmonic twang!

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[476] An Ass.--A camel will take upon him no more burden than is sufficient for his strength, but there is another beast that crouches under all.

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An Ape.--Let us take the initial letter of his Christian name, and the initial and final letters of his surname, viz., A P E, and they give you the same idea of an ape as his face,[505] &c. An Ass.--It is my duty to pull off the lion's skin from this little ass.

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[65] 'Fool or ass:' 'The Dunciad.'--P.

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So, like any idiot ass Hungry for the fragrant fodder, Placed between two bales of grass, Lo, I doubt, delay, and dodder!

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I'll look like an ass when it comes to the kneeling part--like an ass, I tell you!

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Charteris, with his prattle about temperament, was an ass; when a woman is born with such eyes and with a voice like that, she has done her full duty by the world, and has prodigally accomplished all one has the tiniest right to expect of her.

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"Forty times over let Michaelmas pass, Grizzling hair the brain doth clear; Then you know a boy is an ass, Then you know the worth of a lass, Once you have come to forty-year."

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So I don't feel, now, at all as if we were strangers--" And thus she bore Elena off, and I knew that within ten minutes Elena would have been warned against me, as "not quite a desirable acquaintance, you know, my dear, and it is only my duty to tell you that as a young and attractive married woman--" 2 "And so," I said in my soul, as the men redistributed themselves, "she is married,--married while you were pottering with books and the turn of phrases and immortality and such trifles--oh, you ass!

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"You are a hopelessly conceited ass," Mr. Blagden was pleased to observe, "for otherwise you would have learned, by this, that you'll, most likely, never have the luck of Charteris, and land a woman who will take it as a favour that you let her pay your bills.

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You're an ass.

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"Now, don't be an ass, John.

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ROGER, in an agony, 'Mater, do stop that chit making an ass of me.'

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'I know I look a bally ass.

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'Haven't been an ass about a girl or anything of that sort?''

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'I know that you are a young ass.'

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Lord Colambre walked to the church, but the church gate was locked and broken--a calf, two pigs, and an ass, in the church-yard; and several boys (with more of skin apparent than clothes) were playing at pitch and toss upon a tombstone, which, upon nearer observation, he saw was the monument of his own family.

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Semblance, with straw and pauniered ass, they made Of potters wandering on from door to door: But life of happier sort to me pourtrayed, And other joys my fancy to allure; The bag-pipe dinning on the midnight moor In barn uplighted, and companions boon Well met from far with revelry secure, In depth of forest glade, when jocund June Rolled fast along the sky his warm and genial moon.

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And as for the Asylums Committee, if we really can't legally co-opt women to it, as our clerk says"--he looked again at a letter in his hand--"the law is an ass!--a double-dyed ass.

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