Not that cats aren't nice in their way; but when ladies in fascinating frocks, with hair beautifully dressed, suddenly develop a striking family likeness to Persian pussies robbed of milk, it does have a quaint effect on the nerves.
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
"Well, here are some more of those China Cats," went on Miss Geraldine, as she lifted some white pussies from the box.
"The Story of a Stuffed Elephant"
Laura Lee Hope
"What a troop of pussies there is round here," said I; "I wonder what will become of them in the winter,-though, to be sure, the fishing goes on just the same."
"Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches"
Sarah Orne Jewett