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  • Biscay, who comes in armour with arms quartered azure, vert, white, and yellow, and bears on his shield a cat or on a field tawny with a motto which says Miau, which is the beginning of the name of his lady, who according to report is the peerless Miaulina, daughter of the duke

    The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • Biscay, who comes in armour with arms quartered azure, vert, white, and yellow, and bears on his shield a cat or on a field tawny with a motto which says Miau, which is the beginning of the name of his lady, who according to report is the peerless Miaulina, daughter of the duke

    Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • Biscay, who comes in armour with arms quartered azure, vert, white, and yellow, and bears on his shield a cat or on a field tawny with a motto which says Miau, which is the beginning of the name of his lady, who according to report is the peerless Miaulina, daughter of the duke

    The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 07 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • At midnight he got up to stir the fire, and, as he poked it, there shrieked suddenly in one corner, "Miau, miau! how cold I am!"

    Grimm's Fairy Stories Gebr��der Grimm 1909

  • The younger children squealed when she appeared on the field, especially as, to keep up her character, she made an occasional claw at one of them as she passed, or gave vent to a tremendous "Miau!" or "Fuff!"

    The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Angela Brazil 1907

  • "Miau-au," wailed George Washington, suddenly, giving a mighty spring of desperation.

    Cricket at the Seashore Elizabeth Weston Timlow 1896

  • A moment later I heard the padding of his feet on the roof of the cabin over me, and smiled to myself as I thought of him going on watch there; and then, presently, I heard him calling me -- for I had come to understand a good many of his turns of language -- with a lively "Miau!"

    In the Sargasso Sea A Novel 1881

  • The retainers of the couvade in Asia are the Miau-tsze of China and the savage Tibareni of Pontus.

    The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

  • Miau-tsze, who are supposed to be, like the Sontals and Gonds of

    The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

  • The house-cat stood on the step, put up her back and said: "Miau!" but

    The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. Fanny [Translator] Fuller 1840

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