BOXER in Classic Quotes

1  Their most faithful disciples were the two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II

2  Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter I

3  You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will cut your throat and boil you down for the foxhounds.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter I

4  The two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover, came in together, walking very slowly and setting down their vast hairy hoofs with great care lest there should be some small animal concealed in the straw.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter I

5  Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sundays together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter I

6  Last of all came the cat, who looked round, as usual, for the warmest place, and finally squeezed herself in between Boxer and Clover; there she purred contentedly throughout Major's speech without listening to a word of what he was saying.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter I