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He was such a dear little cock-tailed pup.
He was such a dear little cock-tailed pup.
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than
of friends.
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than
of friends.
The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the
dog.
[Lat., Plus on read more
The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the
dog.
[Lat., Plus on apprend a connaltre l'homme, plus on apprend a
estimer le chien.]
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal read more
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
But in come canine Paradise
Your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon,
And quarters every plain and read more
But in come canine Paradise
Your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon,
And quarters every plain and hill,
Seeking its master. . . . As for me
This prayer at least the gods fulfill
That when I pass the flood and see
Old Charon by Stygian coast
Take toll of all the shades who land,
Your little, faithful barking ghost
May leap to lick my phantom hand.
The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh,
No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;
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On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh,
No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;
No harp like my own could so cheerily play,
And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.
Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.
Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise read more
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear
