Rats

Examples

• Rats were hunted eagerly; cowhide was gnawed and sawdust devoured to stay the pangs of hunger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The rats will devour the mixture and then drink, whereupon the plaster, brought into contact with the water, will become solid and like a stone in their stomachs, which will cause their deaths. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Can rats walk down stairs, and come walking through the entry, and open a door when you've locked it and set a chair against it? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Monsieur the Marquis ran his eyes over them all, as if they had been mere rats come out of their holes. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Killing rats was I? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I wish you had been poked into cells and black holes, and run over by rats and spiders and beetles. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I desired a lock for my door, to prevent rats and mice from coming in. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Must I keep my corn in the barn, to feed and increase the breed of rats? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• With cats, for instance, one naturally takes to catching rats, and another mice, and these tendencies are known to be inherited. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I am sure Alcibiades and his friends would be delighted to drown us like rats if they could. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I had only one misfortune, that the rats on board carried away one of my sheep; I found her bones in a hole, picked clean from the flesh. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• If we would not drown like rats in a trap we must hasten above and make a dash for safety through the burning temple. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Imagine yourself in the garret, acting to the rats. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I think you were speaking of dogs killing rats, Pitt remarked mildly, handing his cousin the decanter to buzz. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• While I was under these circumstances, two rats crept up the curtains, and ran smelling backwards and forwards on the bed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Them noises was nothing but rats and the wind, said Legree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Rats will make a devil of a noise. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• That was all the chamber held, exclusive of rats and other unseen vermin, in addition to the seen vermin, the two men. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Below the Bank was a suite of three or four rooms with barred windows, which had the appearance of a jail for criminal rats. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The tendency to catch rats rather than mice is known to be inherited. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• This they lick with their tongues, which makes their mouths sore, and they not only shun this locality, but appear to tell all the neighboring rats about it. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Assuming an attitude, she began, La Ligue des Rats: fable de La Fontaine. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He got half-a-dozen fellows into a Barn, and a good supply of Rats, and timed the Dog. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• They would drown us like rats in a trap. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The reader will remember that a similar plan of campaign against rats was carried out by Edison while in the West. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The very rats, which here and there lay putrefying in its rottenness, were hideous with famine. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• They seemed so like the rats he had seen outside. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• See the chaps in a boat-race; look at the fellers in a fight; aye, look at a dawg killing rats--which is it wins? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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