In short there was no quirk or quibble At which a legalRat could nibble; The Culprit was as far beyond hope's bounds.
If but a rat had lingered in the house, To lure the thought into a social channel!
But not a rat remain'd, or tiny mouse, To squeak behind the panel.
Schon in Koblenz hatte ich viel gehört von einem Herrn von Meusebach, der von dort aus als Geheimer Rat an den Rheinischen Kassationshof in Berlin versetzt worden sei.
A rat who lived in the field, A rat of little wit, Once grew tired of his father's house, And quietly left it.
But in the wainscot soon a rat Made itself manifest, And very soon the pussy cat, Could still no longer rest.
Footnote 1: There are two species of the tree rat in Ceylon: M.
I had one day an opportunity of surprising a snake which had just seized on a rat of this description, and of covering it suddenly with a glass shade, before it had time to swallow its prey.
Footnote 7: There is a ratfound only in the Cinnamon Gardens at Colombo, Mus Ceylonus, Kelaart; and a mouse which Dr.
It is thought that these are transmitted from rat to rat by the common rat-louse which serves as an intermediate host.
This rattrypanosome is transmitted by fleas and lice.
The investigations have shown that the flea is the most common agent in transferring the disease from rat to rat or from rat to man.
All these reports deal very largely with the relation of the rat and flea to plague, and are commonly referred to as "Reports of Indian Plague Commission.
It is thought that the common louse on rats (Hæmatopinus spinulosus) is responsible for the spread from rat to rat of a certain parasite.
The Flea in Its Relation to Plague, with a Synopsis of the Rat Fleas.
Report on experiments in transferring rat fleas to squirrels and squirrel fleas to rats.
They are frequently found on rats, and therefore may carry the plague bacillus from rat to rat or from rat to man.
The Physiological Anatomy of the Mouth-parts and Alimentary Canal of the Indian Rat Flea, Pulex cheopis," and other papers on the relation of rats to plague.
If the flea chances to be feeding on a plague-infected rat or person many of the plague bacilli will get on the mouth-parts and myriads of them are of course sucked up into the stomach with the blood.
Nothing," quoth Jack, "but a rat which gave me three or four slaps with her tail.
The rat followed, upon which the cat jumped down; and thus they went on up and down for some time.
She has been better the last few days," replied he; "but she is now very much upset by a rat having gnawed a dress of hers, and has sent me to ask for some poison.
This went on for a couple of days, when the young lady's companions began to smell a rat and discovered Mr. Chu's hiding-place.
Several presumably awe-stricken men were allowed to take a conducted tour of the Rat ship.
The Shane had sneaked in past Rat patrols to pick up a spy on one of the outlying Rat planets, a man who'd spent five years playing the part of a Rat slave, trying to get information on their activities there.
They'd been jumped by Rat cruisers and blasted by the superior Rat weapons.
He'd been in the sick bay for treatments of the ulcers on his back gained from five years of frequent lashings as a Rat slave.
If you are referring to the Muldoon as a rat trap, Mr. Blake, you're both disrespectful and correct.
It took him several seconds to realize that the Rat was dead, and several more to realize that it wasn't a Rat at all.
Chancing but now to pass the cellar stair, I beheld that sagacious animal watching, with intensest interest and quivering tail, a rat hole.
Hush; you will disturb Moumouth's watch of the rat hole, and bring him to witness this sad farewell.
A good-sized rat and very small mouse Sat on the edge of the horse's manger, Never giving a thought to danger.
A surgeon's mate on board a ship relates that while lying one evening awake he saw a rat come into his berth, and after well surveying the place, retreat with the greatest caution and silence.
Immediately there came into the room a mastiff, a fine Angora cat, an old raven, and a remarkably large rat with a bell about its neck.
The parties concerned were, a hen of the game species, and a rat of the middle size.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
