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Pangur Bán, 'White Pangur', is the cat's name, Pangur possibly meaning 'a fuller '. Although the poem is anonymous, it bears similarities to the poetry of Sedulius Scottus, prompting speculation that he is the author. [1] In eight verses of four lines each, the author compares the cat's happy hunting with his own scholarly pursuits.
Coloured cut from a children's book published in New York, c. 1850 (Dunigan's edition). Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. [1] The legend describes his rise from poverty-stricken childhood with the fortune he made ...
Archy, a cockroach, and Mehitabel, an alley cat, appeared in hundreds of humorous verses and short stories in Marquis's daily column, "The Sun Dial". Their exploits were first collected in the 1927 book archy and mehitabel , which remains in print today, and in two later volumes, archys life of mehitabel (1933) and archy does his part (1935).
Hodge. (cat) Hodge (fl. c.1769) was one of Samuel Johnson 's cats, immortalised in a characteristically whimsical passage in James Boswell 's 1791 book Life of Johnson . Although there is little known about Hodge, such as his life, his death, or any other information, what is known is Johnson's fondness for his cat, which separated Johnson from ...
Michael Flanagan’s chilling new series “The Fall of the House of Usher” is an homage to Edgar Allan Poe, from the reference in the title and on. A poet at first, Poe began publishing short ...
It describes a match in 1744 between Kent and England. It is written in rhyming couplets. According to H.S. Altham, it "should be in every cricket lover's library" and "his description of the game goes with a rare swing". [1] The poem is the first substantial piece of literature about cricket. [citation needed]
Publication date. 1953. " A Good Man Is Hard to Find " is a Southern gothic short story first published in 1953 by author Flannery O'Connor who, in her own words, described it as "the story of a family of six which, on its way driving to Florida [from Georgia ], is slaughtered by an escaped convict who calls himself the Misfit". [2]
Cats that show humans their belly are really saying that they feel safe. In the wild, animals normally protect their stomachs, so if your cat randomly flips over and shows you their tummy it means ...