It is mentioned, as you know, in Holy Scripture; Moses forbade that it should be coupled with its own species, and the onager is yet more famous for the prostitutions of which it was the object, and which are often mentioned by the prophets of the Bible.
"The Magic Skin"
Honore de Balzac
The Museum has no example of the onager.
"The Magic Skin"
Honore de Balzac
A tame onager, in short, is worth an enormous amount; it is well-nigh impossible to catch them among the mountains, where they leap like roebucks, and seem as if they could fly like birds.
"The Magic Skin"
Honore de Balzac