 There isn't another creature living Would do it, and prove, through every disaster, So fond, so faithful, and so forgiving, To such a miserable, thankless master ! No, Sir ! see him wag his tail, and grin ! By George ! it makes my old eyes water...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 2911863Full view - About this book
 | Readers - 1875 - 324 pages
...is, sir, now I reflect, I've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I've not lost the respect, (Here's to you, sir) even of my dog. But he sticks by through...empty pockets, And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He'll follow while he has eyes in his sockets. 5. There isn't another creature living, Would do it,... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1875 - 540 pages
...I've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I've not lost the respect (Here's to you, Sir) even of ray dog. But he sticks by, through thick and thin ; And...empty pockets, And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He'll follow while he has eyes in his sockets. There isn't another creature living Would do it, and... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1875 - 486 pages
...word that's said — And he knows good milk from water-and-chalk. 4. The truth is, sir, now I reflect, But he sticks by, through thick and thin ; And this...empty pockets, And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He'll follow while he has eyes in his sockets. 5. There isn't another creature living Would do it,... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - Business - 1876 - 360 pages
...is, sir, now I reflect, I've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I 've not lost the respect (Here's to you, sir !) even of my dog ; But he sticks by,...pockets And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He 'II follow while lie has eyes in his sockets. There is n't another creature living Would do it, and... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...sir, now I reflect, I 've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I 've not lost the respect (Here 'a to you, sir !) even of my dog. But he sticks by through...pockets, And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He '11 follow while he has eyes in his sockets. There is n't another creature living Would do it, and... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...is, Sir, now I reflect, I've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I've not lost the respect (Here's to you, Sir !) even of my dog. But he sticks by, through...empty pockets, And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He'll follow while he has eyes in Ids sockets. There isn't another creature living Would do it, and... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers - 1876 - 484 pages
...is, sir, now I reflect, I've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I've not 1ost the respect, (Here's to you, sir !) even of my dog. • But he sticks by,...empty pockets, And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He'll follow while he has eyes in his sockets. 5. There isn't another creature living Would do it,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...his head ? What a pity, sir, that dogs can't talk ! He understands every word that 's said, — Aud he knows good milk from water-and-chalk. The truth...thin ; And this old coat, with its empty pockets, Aud rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He '11 follow while he has eyes iu his sockets. There is n't... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 426 pages
...is, Sir, now I reflect, I've been so sadly yiven to grog, 1 wonder I've not lo>t the respect (Here's to you, Sir !) even of my dog. But he sticks by through...empty pockets, And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He'll follow while he lias eyes in his sockets. There isn't another creature living Would do it, and... | |
 | Lizzie Penney (ed) - Readers - 1878 - 108 pages
...is, sir, now I reflect, I've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I've not lost the respect (Here's to you, sir) even of my dog. But he sticks by through...empty pockets. And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He'll follow while he has eyes in his sockets. There isn't another creature living That would do it... | |
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