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  • [Illustration: PUSS ASKS HELP FOR HIS MASTER.] "Oh, your majesty," said Puss, "my master the marquis was bathing, and some one has taken away his clothes.

    The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations Unknown

  • I used to ride 'hind Miss Betsey on her hoss what she called Puss, and away us went jiggin' down de road to jubilees at Millstone and Elam churches.

    Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

  • We begin our journey last week - Sunday, Nov. 20, to be exact - in Paris, France, where Antonio Banderas hammed it up for French photographers at the Paris premiere of "Le Chat Potté," which is what they call "Puss in Boots" in the land of Moliere.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2011

  • I don't care what people think, Puss is so effing cute. eddymovies

    Shrek Forever After Movie Trailer #2 | /Film 2010

  • With his small cousin, Tabitha,6 just his own age (they called her Puss), he wandered over that magic domain, fording new marvels at every step, new delights everywhere.

    Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

  • With his small cousin, Tabitha, -- [Tabitha Quarles, now Mrs. Greening, of Palmyra, Missouri, has supplied most of the material for this chapter.] -- just his own age (they called her Puss), he wandered over that magic domain, fording new marvels at every step, new delights everywhere.

    Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • Puss is more fluffy, and Father is scrubby and scratchy, because he shaves.

    The Brownies and Other Tales 1871

  • We once had a walking soccer ball of a cat my innocent children named "Puss" - but it was MY job to stand on the stoop in the gloaming and call "Puss,here Pussy, Pussy..."

    The Perfect 10 Miss Snark 2005

  • They said good-by to Mr. and Mrs. Applegate and their very diminutive daughter -- whom somebody had fondly nicknamed "Puss" -- and turned to follow the crowd.

    Lucile Triumphant Elizabeth M. Duffield

  • 'As the group launched into' Puss '- an appropriate choice as one of the best songs from

    Beachwood Reporter 2009

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