 The cayote is a long, slim, sick and sorrylooking skeleton, with a gray wolf-skin stretched over it, a tolerably bushy tail that forever sags down with a despairing expression of forsakenness and misery, a furtive and evil eye, and a long, sharp face,...  Roughing it - Page 32by Mark Twain - 1913Full view - About this book
 | A. W. Patterson - Readers - 1875 - 252 pages
...condensed. Bland'ly, mildly; gently. coyote of the Plains is a long, slim, sick, JL and sorry-looking skeleton with a gray wolf-skin stretched over it,...furtive and evil eye, and a long, sharp face with a slightly lifted lip and exposed teeth. 2. He has a general slinking expression all over. The coyote... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 508 pages
...XXVIII.— THE COYOTE. 1. The coyote of the farther deserts is a long, slim, sick, and sorry-looking skeleton with a gray wolf-skin stretched over it,...face, with slightly lifted lip and exposed teeth. 2. He has a general slinking expression all over. The coyote is a living, breathing allegory of want.... | |
 | Textbooks - 1878 - 254 pages
...slim, sick, JL and sorry-looking skeleton -with a gray wolf-skin stretched over it, a tolerably busby tail that forever sags down with a despairing expression...furtive and evil eye, and a long, sharp face with a slightly lifted lip and exposed teeth. 2. He has a general slinking expression all over. The coyote... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1879 - 508 pages
...XXVIII.— THE COYOTE. 1. The coyote of the farther deserts is a long, slim, sick, and sorry-looking skeleton with a gray wolf-skin stretched over it, a tolerably bushy tail that for ever sags down with a despairing expression of forsakenness and misery, a furtive and evil eye,... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 364 pages
...enraged. wake, track. 1. THE coyote of the farther deserts is a long, slim, sick, and sorry-looking skeleton, with a gray wolf-skin stretched over it, a tolerably bushy tail that forever hangs down with a despairing expression of forsakenness and misery, a furtive and evil eye, and a long,... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 346 pages
...enraged. wake, track. 1. THE coyote of the farther deserts is a long, slim, sick, and sorry-looking skeleton, with a gray wolf-skin stretched over it, a tolerably bushy tail that forever hangs down with a despairing expression of forsakenness and misery, a furtive and evil eye, and a long,... | |
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - Readers - 1883 - 366 pages
...chee ! 25. THE COYOTE. 1. The coyote of the farther deserts is a long, slim, sick, and sorry-looking skeleton, with a gray wolf-skin stretched over it,...face, with slightly lifted lip and exposed teeth. 2. He has a general slinking expression all over. The coyote is a living, breathing allegory of Want.... | |
 | Mark Twain - Fiction - 1888 - 748 pages
...his race afterward, and can speak with confidence. The cayote is a long, slim, sick and sorry-looking skeleton, with a gray wolf-skin stretched over it,...He has a general slinking expression all over. The cayote is a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is always hungry. He is always poor, out of luck... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1892 - 416 pages
...COYOTE 1 OF THE DESERT. 1. The coyote of the farther deserts is a long, slim, sick, and sorry-looking skeleton, with a gray wolf-skin stretched over it,...face, with slightly lifted lip and exposed teeth. 2. He has a general slinking expression all over. The coyote is a living, breathing allegory of want.... | |
 | Angus Evan Abbott - American wit and humor - 1893 - 508 pages
...sorrylooking skeleton, with a grey wolf-skin stretched over it, a tolerably bushy tail that for ever sags down with a despairing expression of forsakenness...He has a general slinking expression all over. The cayote is a living, breathing allegory of want. He is always hungry. He is always poor, out of luck,... | |
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