The lot fell on a she-goat, which I sacrificed to Artemis. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
Am I young enough to scamper, over hill and dale, after a she-goat?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
Hens ran in the orchard grass, and a she-goat was tethered to graze there. From Wordnik.com. [An Excellent Mystery]
Whereupon, without an instant's hesitation, he exchanged the hog for the she-goat. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
But, with a she-goat, I shall have milk and cheese, not to speak of the little kids. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
'I didn't bring him with me,' said Gudbrand, 'for on the way I exchanged him for a she-goat.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
'I didn't bring the she-goat with me, either,' said Gudbrand; 'I traded her again, for a ewe.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
To the former they offer a she-goat and to the latter a he-goat which must be of a dark colour. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
He fits the saying, “Like the naughty she-goat who used her hoof to dig up a knife from under the earth”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Al Jezeera releases a full transcript of the Bin Laden tape.–] Reference
Her sacrifice is offered in the morning hours in the forest by men only, and consists also of a black she-goat. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
A she-goat which has borne no young is sacrificed to the goddess in the house in the same manner as in the sacrifice to. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
He immediately rode to his dwelling, and the remaining she-goat came bleating to meet him, for her milking time was long past. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Dwarf] Reference
When Aristhĕnes came to review his flock, he found a she-goat and his dog missing, and going in search of them discovered the child. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
Close to the front I caught sight of a she-goat with. From Wordnik.com. [Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas] Reference
"This is the tail of a she-goat, and not of a calf.". From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete] Reference
Abraham divided the heifer, and she-goat, and a ram. From Wordnik.com. [The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation] Reference
When Asa finally does confront Tulpan, she's a she-goat. From Wordnik.com. [SF Weekly | Complete Issue] Reference
But how can the avântara-prak/ri/ti be called a she-goat?. From Wordnik.com. [The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1] Reference
Procopius had seen a deserted orphan suckled by a she-goat. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4] Reference
But has not the word ajâ the settled meaning of she-goat?. From Wordnik.com. [The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1] Reference
"Whatever can she have to look at, that old she-goat?" said Madame. From Wordnik.com. [L'Assommoir] Reference
He landed a ram and a sheep, a goat and a she-goat, a pig and a sow. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century] Reference
'Asharat el-'Anzah ( "of the she-goat"), from the blasts and gales; and 3. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 1] Reference
They were suckled by a she-goat, obstinately refusing to touch a common cow. From Wordnik.com. [Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos.] Reference
One of these beings was a slender girl, the other was a snow-white she-goat. From Wordnik.com. [An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story] Reference
"Fear is your brother, and a she-goat your sister!" said the young man, smiling. From Wordnik.com. [An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story] Reference
For drink the heroes are supplied abundantly with mead from the she-goat Heidrum. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
Carli was again summoned, and set upon the 'she-goat,' with heavy weights attached to his feet. From Wordnik.com. [Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction] Reference
The she-goat went before, jumping at every moment in order to catch some herb growing here and there. From Wordnik.com. [An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story] Reference
And thou, give me the bowl, and the she-goat, that I may milk her and poor forth a libation to the Muses. From Wordnik.com. [Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose] Reference
Medici, and thought no more of her than if -- in the words of a splenetic contemporary -- "she had been a dead she-goat.". From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
The tender she-goat bears from my pasture to the town milk-distended udders; the well-fattened lamb from my sheepfolds sends back. From Wordnik.com. [The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus] Reference
The Chinese must have their feet as diminutive as those of the she-goat; and to render them thus, their youth is passed in tortures. From Wordnik.com. [Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
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