Boxer
quotes about and by Boxer
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- Created on: 01-04-17 12:08
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- Chapter 1
- The two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover, came in together, walking very slowly and settling down their vast hairy hoofs with great care lest there should be some small animal concealed in the straw.
- Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence, but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work.
- he (Benjamin) 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.
- Old Major: You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will ct your throat and boil you down for the foxhounds.
- he (Benjamin) 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.
- Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence, but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work.
- Boxer
- Chapter 2
- Their (the pigs') most faithful disciples were the two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover. These two had great difficulty in thinking anything out for themselves, but having once accepted the pigs as their teachers they absorbed everything that they were told, and passed it on to the other animals by simple arguments. They were unfailing in their attendance at the secret meetings in the barn, and led the singing of "Beasts of England" with which the singing always ended.
- When Boxer heard this (Snowball saying animals should go naked) he fetched the small straw hat which he wore in summer to keep the flies out of his ears, and flung it onto the fire with the rest.
- the barrel of beer in the scullery was stove in with a kick from Boxer's hoof
- When Boxer heard this (Snowball saying animals should go naked) he fetched the small straw hat which he wore in summer to keep the flies out of his ears, and flung it onto the fire with the rest.
- Their (the pigs') most faithful disciples were the two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover. These two had great difficulty in thinking anything out for themselves, but having once accepted the pigs as their teachers they absorbed everything that they were told, and passed it on to the other animals by simple arguments. They were unfailing in their attendance at the secret meetings in the barn, and led the singing of "Beasts of England" with which the singing always ended.
- Chapter 3
- the pigs with their cleverness and Boxer with his tremendous muscles always pulled them through. Boxer was the admiration of everybody. He had been a hard worker even in Jones's time, but now he seemed more like three horses than one; there were days when the entire work of the farm seemed to rest upon his mighty shoulders. From morning to night he was pushing and pulling, always at the spot where the work was hardest. He had made an arrangement with one of the cockerels to call him in the mornings half an hour earlier than anyone else, and would put in some volunteer labour at whatever seemed to be most needed, before the regular day's work began. His answer to every problem, every setback, was "I will work harder!" - which he had adopted as his personal motto.
- Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D in the dust with his great hoof, and then would stand staring at the letters with his ears back ... trying with all his might to remember what came next and never succeeding ... Finally he decided to be content with the first four letters, and used to write them out once or twice every day to refresh his memory.
- the pigs with their cleverness and Boxer with his tremendous muscles always pulled them through. Boxer was the admiration of everybody. He had been a hard worker even in Jones's time, but now he seemed more like three horses than one; there were days when the entire work of the farm seemed to rest upon his mighty shoulders. From morning to night he was pushing and pulling, always at the spot where the work was hardest. He had made an arrangement with one of the cockerels to call him in the mornings half an hour earlier than anyone else, and would put in some volunteer labour at whatever seemed to be most needed, before the regular day's work began. His answer to every problem, every setback, was "I will work harder!" - which he had adopted as his personal motto.
- Chapter 4
- But the most terrifying spectacle of all was Boxer, rearing up on his hind legs and striking out with his great iron-shod hoofs like a stallion. His very first blow took a stable-lad from Foxwood on the skull and stretched him lifeless in the mud.
- "He is dead," said Boxer sorrowfully. "I had no intention of doing that. I forgot that I was wearing iron shoes. Who will believe that I did not do this on purpose?" "No sentimentality, comrade!" cried Snowball ... "War is war. The only good human being is a dead one." "I have no wish to take life, not even human life," repeated Boxer, and his eyes were full of tears.
- But the most terrifying spectacle of all was Boxer, rearing up on his hind legs and striking out with his great iron-shod hoofs like a stallion. His very first blow took a stable-lad from Foxwood on the skull and stretched him lifeless in the mud.
- Chapter 5
- Even Boxer was vaguely troubled. (at Napoleon's announcement soon after Snowball's expulsion that there would be no more debates.)
- Certainly the animals did not want Jones back; if the holding of debates on Sunday mornings was liable to bring him back, then the debates must stop. Boxer, who had now had time to think things over, voiced the general feeling by saying: "If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right." And from then on he adopted the maxim, Napoleon is always right," in addition to his private motto of "I will work harder."
- Even Boxer was vaguely troubled. (at Napoleon's announcement soon after Snowball's expulsion that there would be no more debates.)
- Chapter 6
- Nothing could have been achieved (in building the windmill) without Boxer, whose strength seemed equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together ... it was always Boxer who strained himself ... and brought the boulder to a stop. To see him toiling up the slope ... his great sides matted with sweat, filled everyone with admiration. Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her. His two slogans, "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right", seemed to him a sufficient answer to all his problems. He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour. And in his spare moments ... he would go alone to the quarry collect a load of broken stone and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted.
- Boxer passed it off as usual with "Napoleon is always right!", but Clover ... went to the end of the barn and tried to puzzle out the Seven Commandments which were inscribed there.
- Boxer would even come out at nights and work for an hour on his own by the light of the harvest moon. (on the half-finished windmill during a period of clear dry weather after the harvest.)
- Boxer passed it off as usual with "Napoleon is always right!", but Clover ... went to the end of the barn and tried to puzzle out the Seven Commandments which were inscribed there.
- Nothing could have been achieved (in building the windmill) without Boxer, whose strength seemed equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together ... it was always Boxer who strained himself ... and brought the boulder to a stop. To see him toiling up the slope ... his great sides matted with sweat, filled everyone with admiration. Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her. His two slogans, "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right", seemed to him a sufficient answer to all his problems. He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour. And in his spare moments ... he would go alone to the quarry collect a load of broken stone and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted.
- Chapter 7
- Only Boxer and Clover never lost heart. Squealer made excellent speeches ... but the other animals found more inspiration in Boxer's strength and his never-failing cry of "I will work harder!"
- "Ah, that is different!" said Boxer. "If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right."
- three of them (the dogs) flung themselves upon Boxer. Boxer ... pinned him (a dog) to the ground. The dog shrieked for mercy and the other two fled with their tails between their legs. Boxer looked at Napoleon to know whether he should crush the dog to death or let it go. Napoleon ... sharply ordered Boxer to let the dog go, whereat Boxer lifted his hoof, and the dog slunk away, bruised and howling.
- (after Napoleon gets some animals killed): Only Boxer remained on his feet ... Finally he said: "I do not understand it. I would not have believed that such things could happen on our farm. It must be due to some fault in ourselves. The solution, as I see it, is to work harder. From now onwards I shall get up a full hour earlier in the mornings
- three of them (the dogs) flung themselves upon Boxer. Boxer ... pinned him (a dog) to the ground. The dog shrieked for mercy and the other two fled with their tails between their legs. Boxer looked at Napoleon to know whether he should crush the dog to death or let it go. Napoleon ... sharply ordered Boxer to let the dog go, whereat Boxer lifted his hoof, and the dog slunk away, bruised and howling.
- "Ah, that is different!" said Boxer. "If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right."
- Only Boxer and Clover never lost heart. Squealer made excellent speeches ... but the other animals found more inspiration in Boxer's strength and his never-failing cry of "I will work harder!"
- Chapter 8
- The animals could not face the terrible explosions and the stinging pellets and in spite of the efforts of Napoleon and Boxer to rally them they were soon driven back.
- Three of them (the men) had their heads broken by blows from Boxer's hoofs
- "What victory?" said Boxer.
- Boxer and Clover pulled the wagon which served as a hearse (for the animals killed in the battle)
- "What victory?" said Boxer.
- Three of them (the men) had their heads broken by blows from Boxer's hoofs
- The animals could not face the terrible explosions and the stinging pellets and in spite of the efforts of Napoleon and Boxer to rally them they were soon driven back.
- Chapter 9
- Boxer's split hoof was a long time in healing ... Boxer refused to take even a day off work, and made it a point of honour not to let it be seen that he was in pain. In the evenings he would admit privately to Clover that the hoof troubled him a great deal ... both she and Benjamin urged Boxer to work less hard ... But Boxer would not listen. He had, he said, only one real ambition left - to see the windmill well under way before he reached the age for retirement.
- Chapter 2
- The two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover, came in together, walking very slowly and settling down their vast hairy hoofs with great care lest there should be some small animal concealed in the straw.
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