True; I might have dogged her downward; - But it MAY be (though I know not) that this trick on us of Time Disconcerted and confused me.
A] Or in less classic phrase--"It's dogged as does it.
As they approached the barricade, no movement was made to let them pass out; and Forster was seen speaking vehemently to Brigadier Macintosh, who, with a dogged look of defiance, turned sullenly away just as Smeaton arrived upon the ground.
Those whom Smeaton actually met, were generally of the inferior class--the common men as they were called; and he remarked an expression of dogged resolution in their countenances from which he argued well.
He is a dogged resolute fellow too; and his honour is now staked upon the result, as he refuses counsel and assistance.
The man spoke in a dogged and determined tone; and several others who were present, though they said little, seemed much inclined to follow his example.
Owing to the want of powder, the attack of the English was less vigorous than on the day before, but still they dogged the Spaniards in the most persevering manner, and succeeded in inflicting serious damage upon many of the Spanish vessels.
Every step they take is dogged and watched; whichever way they turn the lash awaits them, and torture chambers to drive them to the last stage of despair.
In dogged rebellion she hugged misery to her breast, and dwelt upon it as part of the punishment she had brought upon herself.
Over the grass their united shadows glided, swaying, gracefully interlocked--moon-born phantoms whichdogged their light young feet.
Little by little he discovered, by questioning her, what a dogged battle she had fought there alone in the whitewashed corridor.
Then he, too, went in, dogged by his sinister shadow.
Maintain it with that dogged and meaningless obstinacy with which we always cling to whatever is least provable.
But Hilda was not a murderer; she was not dogged by remorse, despair, or the myrmidons of the law; it was murder she was avoiding, not the punishment of murder.
As Christopher's hope to see her again had brought a resolve to do so, so now resolve led to dogged patience.
His wish to see, in company with his father, the outline of the seat to which Ethelberta had been advanced that day, was the triumph of youthful curiosity and interest over dogged objection.
Lycidas was instantly engaged in a life or death hand-to-hand struggle with Abishai the Jew, who, as soon as he could steal away from his companions at the grave, had followed and dogged the steps of the Greek.
The guests arrived late, having had to change their course more than once, from the suspicion that they were dogged by Syrian spies.
To-day there was an air of dogged determination about even the way he set one foot before the other.
He had called upon all the dogged pertinacity which a man must have if he is to be really a man among men.
He dogged that serious-minded gentleman through all his waking hours, finding a rare delight in playing upon his suspicion and lack of humor.
He had commanded the party by whom the two unfortunate men mentioned by Falgate had been put to death, and he had seemed only the more morose and dogged after the horrid scene in which he had borne a part.
He was not convinced, indeed, but he was staggered; and being somewhat of a dogged nature, he resolved to resist giving credence to mere assertions, however boldly made.
His lordship's extreme gentleness of disposition appeared very attractive when set in contrast with Meyler's tormenting, dogged humour.
In one of Meyler's fits of dogged humour, he asked me if I imagined he was vain enough or dupe enough to believe that I had given up such a man as Lord Ebrington for him?
This caused the other scouts to exchange winks, and behind their hands tell each other that for dogged perseverance Tubby surely had them all "beaten a mile.
When the patrol leader turned to glance back at him, he saw that while the boy's face might be somewhat pale, there was a dogged look around the eyes that spoke volumes.
He maintained a dogged silence; Rozsi, too, said nothing, but when they reached the door, she drew her hand away.
And so--the rest is silence, and what of work we may still do will be done in that dogged muteness which is the lot of advancing years.
Dan goes off, but turns up again as quiet and dogged as you please.
He bore it grimly, holding his place, whenever it was possible, by her side with dogged persistence.
Unflinchingly he sat there, with an air of dogged patience.
The history of philosophy is due to the dogged persistence with which the philosopher has taken himself seriously and endured the poor opinion of the world.
Because he knew that vanity is vanity, that opinion is indeed mere opinion, Socrates felt himself to be the wisest man in a generation of dogged unwisdom.
But her lips only trembled and closed tightly, as she regarded him now steadfastly, in dogged silence.
Below the Endeavour, the party encountered similar difficulties to those that dogged poor Kennedy's footsteps -- impenetrable scrub and steep ravines.
It was ever Sturt's misfortune to be the sport of the seasons; drought and its attendant desolation dogged his footsteps like an evil genius.
But never were men in Australia sodogged by disaster and beset by danger as were Kennedy and his followers.
She watched him during the trial, and wondered if he had any presentiment of the hatred which dogged him, like unto the one which had dogged Marat.
She had forced an entry into his house; she had spied upon him, dogged him, lied to him.
She entertained no suspicion that I was following her, although I dogged her movements everywhere.
Hickman spoke authoritatively, demanding full explanation, but she maintained a dogged silence.
He set his teeth with the desperate resolution of a moment, clenched his hands, intensified his mental cry to Heaven, and with the dogged determination of Kencroft dashed on, not daring to look at the carriage, intent only on the way.
