 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
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 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 his eyes in his sockets. There isn't another creature living Would do it,... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - Elocution - 1878 - 422 pages
...truth is, Sir, now I reflect, I've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I've not lost the respect 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. There isn't another creature living Would do it, and... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - Business - 1879 - 398 pages
...is, sir, now I reflect, I've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I 've not lost the respect (Mere 's to you, sir ! ) even of my dog ; But he sticks...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... | |
 | David Charles Bell - Elocution - 1879 - 556 pages
...given to grog, I wonder I've not lost the respect (Here's to you, sir .') even of my dog: But he sticti by, through thick and thin ; and this old coat, with its empty pockets, and rags that emell of tobacco and gin, he'll follow while he has eyes in his sockets. There isn't another creature... | |
 | 1879 - 80 pages
...given to grog, I wonder I've not lost the respect2 4 (Here's to you, sir !) even of my dog.2 But he5 sticks by through thick and thin; And this old coat, with its empty pockets, 1 Sits down to Right of table. 2 Looking down at dog towards jR. Corner. 3 Imitate screwing up strings... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...moral, — Are n't we, Roger ? — see him wink ! — Well, something hot, then — wo won't quarrel He 's thirsty too, — see him nod his head ? What...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... | |
 | John Townsend Trowbridge - American poetry - 1880 - 42 pages
...— And he knows good milk from water.and•chalk. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY A8TOR TILDEN l I.MI I Ve been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I Ve not...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... | |
 | Allen Ayrault Griffith - Elocution - 1879 - 348 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 is n't another creature living Would do it, and... | |
 | John William Kirton - Elocution - 1880 - 284 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 Would do it, and... | |
 | American poetry - 1881 - 520 pages
...understands every word that's said, — And he knows good milk from water-and-chalk. The truth is, sir, now'I reflect, I 've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder...pockets, And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He '11 follow while he has eyes in his sockets. 96 OUR POETICAL FAVORITES. There is n't another creature... | |
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