Edward Topsell quotes
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“Once cats were all wild, but afterward they retired to houses.”
-- Edward TopsellSource : Edward Topsell (1981). “Histories of Beasts”, Burnham Incorporated Pub
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“There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom of almighty God as the Elephant.”
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“Among all the kinds of serpents, there is none comparable to the Dragon.”
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“Some learned writers . . . have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram . . . because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.”
-- Edward TopsellSource : "The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents". Book by Edward Topsell, p. 756, 1653.
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“God himself must needs be traduced, if there is no unicorn in the world.”
-- Edward TopsellSource : Edward Topsell (1967). “The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents and Insects”
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“Cats and I have an understanding, but we choose not to interact often.”
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Source : Jeramey Kraatz, Adam Rex, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Tim Green (2012). “Class Acts Kids' Ebook Sampler”, p.55, Harper Collins
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“Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.”
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“May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.”
Source : Abraham Cowley, A. R. Waller (2014). “Poems”, p.88, Cambridge University Press
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“The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.”
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“Once cats were all wild, but afterward they retired to houses.”
Source : Edward Topsell (1981). “Histories of Beasts”, Burnham Incorporated Pub
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