Though once a puppy, and though Fop by name, Here moulders one, whose bones some honour claim; No sycophant, although of spaniel race!
I cannot conclude without observing, that I have lately introduced a dog to his acquaintance, a spaniel that had never seen a hare to a hare that had never seen a spaniel.
Mr. Williams's tailless sheepdog "Satan" and a spaniel bitch had many a moonlight fox hunt together.
A spaniel and bantam are not often seen together, yet we have them here in thorough good-fellowship.
I had hoped you would have accepted the little spaniel from me, Judith," said he, with very obvious disappointment.
Neither himself nor his spanielwould go long a-begging in Stratford, I warrant you; give him friendly welcome, sweetheart.
With some difficulty her small cousin made his way back to her, dragging the reluctant spaniel so that its head seemed to be in jeopardy.
Why should you not give this little spaniel to one that has no such companion--I mean to Prudence Shaw?
In memory I can still see dear Grannie coming downstairs in the morning, with her little fat red and white spaniel Rose (it had belonged to her sister Rosamund) barking before her.
What is remarkable, both the greyhound and spaniel were often employed in sporting, and used secretly to go in pursuit of hares by themselves; yet they never offered the least violence to their timid friend at home.
A man engaged in smuggling lace into France from Flanders, trained an active and sagacious spaniel to aid him in his enterprise.
Go, man, the ways of courts discern, You'll find a spanielstill might learn.
The following story is related of a little spaniel which had been found lame by a surgeon at Leeds.
I have mentioned, in what I have written above relating to sport, the name of a somewhat celebrated spaniel of mine, whose name was 'Dick.
While the admiral was closely examining one of his pet casks, his face came almost in contact with the opening of the barrel, when, to his and my horror, a pretty little spaniel put out his head and licked the great man on the nose.
The finding of the wounded spaniel had led me already to the discovery of Mrs. Catherick's visit to Blackwater Park, and that event might lead in its turn, to something more.
He was one of the old bull-necked breed: and contained the bull-dog and the spaniel in his single nature.
Hardly was the sentence passed when the horse and the spaniel were both found.
The queen's spanieland the king's horse did me a great deal of mischief; but thou hast done me much good.
For at the old man's heels in the lane there crept a little brown and white spaniel looking very dirty in the snow.
He might have carried and nursed his mistress's favourite with pleasure during any casual sauntering and random talk; but a man could hardly ask to have his fate decided for good or ill with a toy spaniel in his arms.
Your spanielhas not got spirit enough for this sort of game.
His spaniel may have puppies," I said in my prayers, "and he will never be able to know how funny they look with their eyes all closed up.
I played on the floor with a black spaniel while my father appealed for a subscription.
At last he makes for the hedge, when one person immediately goes on the other side, and the spaniel beats up it.
Two persons and a spaniel well in hand walk towards the `Crake, crake!
As the emotions of the car subsided, a Cocker spanielmade her appearance, squirming with affection and good-will, and offering up short barks of thanksgiving by way of welcome.
We're goin' down to Evesham to see some spaniel pups.
Colonel Smith mentions a dog allied to the spaniel race, who at the time of his writing (April 1840) had been lying on the grave of his mistress for three days, refusing all food, and was on that day being forcibly removed.
The spaniel has a great affection for his master and is never tired of testifying his appreciation of his kindness.
According to Captain Brown he was "originally derived from a cross between the Spanish pointer and the large water spaniel and was justly celebrated for his fine scent.
The Blenheim spaniel is similar to the King Charles breed, though somewhat different in its markings, fuller about the muzzle and shorter in the back.
There are many varieties of the Spaniel of which the Water Spaniel, the King Charles Spaniel, the Blenheim and the Maltese Spaniels are the best known.
Mr. Jesse mentions a King Charles spaniel who was locked by his master in a room in Vere St. Clare Market, one afternoon about half past five, while he went with his family to Drury Lane theatre.
A surgeon of Leeds found a little spanielwho had been lamed.
A bad angel, a bad friend, a traitor, and a homicide, for I suppose it was to bring about my death that you sent that black spaniel between my legs on the duelling-ground.
The mule fool will neither do by words or blows; and the spaniel fool often turns mule at last: and suppose a fool to be made do pretty well, you must have the continual trouble of making her do.
Eighty miles is too far even for a spaniel to find its way back!
A spaniel was wanted at Bath like my Dash: and what spaniel could be more like Dash than Chloe?
