When the operation was concluded, the boy used to exclaim, "Jump up, good dog;" and Pincher, bounding off the table, would shake himself to life again.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
Having manufactured a variety of surgical instruments out of flint stones, he pretended to perform with them operations on Pincher, who would lie perfectly still while his teeth were drawn, his limbs set, his veins opened, or his wounds bandaged.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
Pincher will help to reconcile me to the Law Lords perhaps.
"The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)"
Frederic G. Kenyon