 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 W. Iliff - Elocution - 1893 - 616 pages
...now I reflect, I've been so sadly given to grog, 1 wonder I've not lost the respect (Here's to yon, sir!) even of my dog. But he sticks by, through thick...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... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 406 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... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - Readers - 1896 - 536 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... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - Elocution - 1898 - 614 pages
...we, Roger?—see him wink!— Well, something hot then,—we won't quarrel. He 's thirsty, too,—see him nod his head? What a pity, sir, that dogs can't...empty pockets, And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, There isn't another creature living Would do it, and prove, through every disaster, So fond, so faithful,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 522 pages
...of my dog. * By permission of Houghton, Mifflin £ Co. JOHN TOWNS END TROWBRIDGE But he sticks by me through thick and thin ; And this old coat, with its...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... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 966 pages
...won't quarrel. He 's thirsty, too, — see him nod his head ? What a pity, Sir, that dogs can't talk 1 n, let thy spirit stay with me, sired • vale! SHERMAN...not peace; Who fought for freedom, not glory; niadr '11 follow while he has eyes in hie sockets. There is n't another creature living Would do it, and... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 968 pages
...wateraud-clmlk. The truth is, Sir, now I reflect, I've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I 'vc not lost the respect (Here 's to you, Sir !) even...pockets, And rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He '11 follow while ho has eyes in his sockets. There is n't another creature living Would do it, and... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1900 - 588 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... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...is, sir, now I reflect, I've been so sadly given to grog, I wonder I've not lost the respect (Here's his, the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was...shrieking; And, in the scowl of heaven, each face Gre pockete, ^nd rags that smell of tobacco and gin, He'll follow while he has eyes in his sockets. There... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - Literary Criticism - 1901 - 964 pages
...sadly given to grog, I wonder I 've not lost the respect (Here 's to you, Sir I) even of my dog. Bat be Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should...Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadba Hell follow while he has eyes in his sockets. There is n't another creature living Would do it, and... | |
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