leveret

• Weasels are generally classed as vermin and killed on all possible occasions; I think it is often a mistake to destroy them; no doubt they will occasionally catch a young rabbit or a leveret or suck a few partridges' eggs, but the common food of the weasel consists of such small animals as mice, moles, rats, small birds. —  Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
• The latter showed as much prudence as courage; for so soon as he perceived that the leveret was dead, he also walked off. —  Olla Podrida
• Her owner received about the same time a leveret, which he hoped to tame by feeding it with a spoon. —  Stories of Animal Sagacity
• One morning, however, the leveret was missing, and as it could nowhere be discovered, it was supposed to have been carried off and killed by some strange cat or dog. —  Stories of Animal Sagacity
• He answered, that everybody knew you had received the crown of martyrdom at Rome, between the pope and antipope, and had performed many miracles, for which they had canonized you, and that you wanted only to die to become a saint The leveret was now served up, cut into small pieces, and covered with a rich tenacious sauce, composed of sugar, citron, and various spices. —  Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection

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