Word: tail
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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Just then an ominous growl broke upon my ears. I trembled violently, and my teeth rattled with fear. There was a rustling in the bushes - I looked up - I saw a horrid great creature with switching tail and fiery eyes. I wonder that I did not faint; perhaps I had self-possession enough to recognize the uselessness of such a proceeding; nevertheless I was paralyzed with fear, for the gates of eternity seemed about to engulf...
...fears, as he considered himself a very good rider; but no sooner had he thrown his leg over the animal's back than the mule started, first with five or six buckjumps of twenty feet or more, and then went off at a tangent down the road, his tail high in the air, puffing fire from his nostrils, and increasing his speed at every jump, whilst the poor detective, bouncing like an india-rubber ball on his back, landed alternately upon the sharp protuberances of the army saddle, and cried to him to stop, that he wanted...
...tail, farewell. May the rising sun find thee prosperous, and the setting sun leave thee happy. This is the wish of the companion of thy youth...
...Where can I find a correct description of the hoop snake, which pursues its enemy by putting its tail in its mouth and rolling after...