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His dogbolt fortune was so low,

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That either it must quickly end, Or turn about again, and mend. This said, they both advanced, and rode A dogtrot through the bawling crowd. Behold an Egyptian in the skin of an Hebrew How dogged an answer doth Moses receive to so gentle a reproof! Bp. Hall Contemplations.

Nor was it more in his power to be without promotion and titles, than for a healthy man to sit in the sun, in the brightost dog-dags, and remain without warmth. Clarendon.

The dog-fisher is good against the falling sickness.
Walton.
These spiritual joys are dogged by no sad sequels.
Glanville.
The same ill taste of sense will serve to join
Dog foxes in the yoke, and sheer the swine.
Dryden.

But could you be content to bid adieu
To the dear playhouse, and the players too,
Sweet country seats are purchased every where,
With land and gardens, at less price than here
You hire a darksome doghole by the year.

Id. Juvenal. Good store of harlots, say you, and dogcheap. Id. A certain nobleman beginning with a dogkennel, never lived to finish the palace he had contrived. Id.

His reverence bought of me the flower of all the market; these are but dogsmeat to 'em. Dryden. Learn better manners, or I shall serve you a dogtrick; I'll make you know your rider.

Dryden's Don Sebastian. Why should we not think a watch and pistol as distinct species one from another, as a horse and a dog?

Locke.

Of the rough or hairy excrescence, those on the briar, or dogrose, are a good instance.

Derham's Physico-Theology. Thump-buckler Mars began, And at Minerva with a lance of brass he head-long

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Reverse your ornaments and hang them all On some patched doghole eked with ends of wall.

Id. Hate dogs their rise, and insult mocks their fall. Johnson. Vanity of Human Wishes.

Doc, in zoology, an animal remarkable for its natural docility, fidelity, and affection for its master; qualities which mankind are careful to improve for their own advantage. These useful creatures guard our houses, garders, and cattle, with spirit and vigilance. By their help we are enabled to take not only beasts, but birds; and to pursue game both over land, and through the water. In some northern countries they draw sledges, and are also employed to carry burdens. In several parts of Africa and China dogs are eaten, as well as by the West Indian negroes, and accounted excellent food; and we have the testimony of Mr. Forster, that dog's flesh in taste exactly resembles mutton. They were also used as food by the Romans, and long before them by the Greeks, as we learn from several treatises of Hippocrates.

From the structure of the teeth, it is evident that the dog is a carnivorous animal. He is possessed of such strong digestive powers, as to draw nourishment from the hardest bones. When oppressed with sickness, to which he is very subject, especially in the beginning of summer, and before ill weather, in order to procure reachings, he eats the leaves of the quicken-grass, the bearded wheat-grass, or the rough cock's-foot grass, which give him immediate relief. His drink is water, which he takes in small quantities at a time, by lapping with his tongue. His excrements are generally hard scybals, which, especially after eating bones, are white, and were once in great repute as a drug; but are now justly disregarded.

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The dog is an animal not only of quick motion, but remarkable for travelling very tong journeys. He can easily keep up with his master either on foot or horseback for a whole day. When fatigued, he does not sweat, but lolls out his tongue. He lies generally on his breast, with his head turned to one side, and sometimes with his head above his two fore feet. sleeps little, and even that does not seem to be very quiet; for he often starts, and seems to hear with more acuteness in sleep than when awake. He can trace his master by the smell of his feet in a church, or in the streets of a populous city. This sensation is not equally strong in every kind. The hound can trace game, or his master's steps, twenty-four hours afterwards. He barks more furiously the nearer he approaches

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