A loyal dog shows his initiative in recovering his master’s property, though his timing might have been better.

A mean-spirited dog denies to others what he has no appetite for himself.

Nothing seemed likely to stop Napoleon Bonaparte from conquering Europe, but one little fellow slowed him up a bit.

Joseph Joachim was regarded by most people in Europe as the greatest violinist ever, but in the home of Sterndale Bennett there was a dissenting voice.

After Mr Fitzwarren took away Dick’s cat, even the charms of Alice Fitzwarren were not enough to keep him in that house another day.

The lord of Benares is so partial to venison that fields lie fallow and marketplaces stand empty while his people catch deer for him.