 ... of tail down too. What a man this must be — thought I — to whom my tremendous hero turns tail ! The carrier saw the muzzle hanging, cut and useless, from his neck, and I eagerly told him the story, which Bob and I always thought, and still think,...  Short Stories: A Magazine of Select Fiction - Page 119by Alfred Ludlow White - 1892Full view - About this book
 | John Brown, Marjorie Fleming - History - 1893 - 198 pages
...story, which Bob and I always thought, and still think, Homer, or King David, or Sir Walter alone, were worthy to rehearse. The severe little man was mitigated, and condescended to say, " Rab, my man, puir Rabble," — whereupon the stump of a tail rose up, the ears were cocked, the eyes filled, and were... | |
 | Francis Rufus Bellamy - 1907
...story, which Bob and I always thought, and still think, Homer, or King David, or Sir Walter alone were worthy to rehearse. The severe little man was mitigated, and condescended to say, " Rab, ma man, puir Rabbie ;" whereupon the stump of a tail rose up, the ears were cocked, the eyes filled... | |
 | Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - Literary Collections - 1900
...story, which Bob and I always thought, and still think, Homer or King David or Sir Walter alone were worthy to rehearse. The severe little man was mitigated, and condescended to say, a Rab, my man, puir Rabbie,"— whereupon the stump of a tail rose up, the ears were cocked, the eyes... | |
 | John Brown - 1905
...story, which Bob and I always thought, and still think, Homer, or King David, or Sir Walter alone were worthy to rehearse. The severe little man was mitigated, and condescended to say, " Rab, ma man, puir Rabbie," — whereupon the stump of a tail rose up, the ears were cocked, the eyes filled,... | |
 | John Brown - Pets - 1907 - 390 pages
...story, which Bob and I always thought, and still think, Homer, or King David, or Sir Walter, alone were worthy to rehearse. The severe little man was mitigated,...three. Bob and I buried the Game Chicken that night (we hadn't much of a tea) in the back-green of his house, in Melville Street, No. 17, with considerable... | |
 | John Brown - 1907
...story, which Bob and I always thought, and still think, Homer, or King David, or Sir Walter, alone were worthy to rehearse. The severe little man was mitigated, and condescended to say, " Rab, my man, puir Rabble," — whereupon the stump of a tail rose up, the ears were cocked, the eyes filled, and were... | |
 | John Brown - 1908
...alone were worthy to rehearse. The severe little man was mitigated, and condescended to say, ' Rab, ma man, puir Rabbie,' — whereupon the stump of a tail...three. Bob and I buried the Game Chicken that night (weJiad not much of a tea) in the back-green of his house, in Melville Street, No. 17, with considerable... | |
 | Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1908
...story, which Bob and I always thought, and still think, Homer or King David or Sir Walter alono \voro worthy to rehearse. The severe little man was mitigated, and condescended to say, " Rab, my man, puir Rabble, " — whereupon the stump of a tail rose up, the ears were cocked, the eyes filled, and were... | |
 | Hamilton Wright Mabie - Fiction - 1908 - 451 pages
...story, which Bob and I always thought, and still think, Homer, or King David, or Sir Walter alone were worthy to rehearse. The severe little man was mitigated, and condescended to say, "Rab, ma man, puir Rabbie"; whereupon the stump of a tail rose up, the ears were cocked, the eyes filled... | |
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