She hath more qualities than a water-spaniel; which is much in a bare Christian. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Then they would shake themselves as a water-spaniel does, and Bert with a grin would say, ❋ Unknown (N/A)
The poor little water-spaniel fort ran down to the shore and barked at her of course. ❋ Various (N/A)
The sense of humor must surely exist in individual dogs; otherwise it would puzzle me to account for the singular practical jokes played off by a water-spaniel once possessed by me. ❋ Various (N/A)
The men at the tent have a black water-spaniel, which greatly prefers our fare and warm house to the tent, so is nearly always here. ❋ Cecil Hall (N/A)
Ever hear a horse shake himself, like a water-spaniel fresh from a dip, when he has been tied for a long time in one place with the dead weight of a heavy stock saddle on his back? ❋ Bertrand W. Sinclair (1926)
She hath more qualities than a water-spaniel, which is much in a bare Christian. ❋ Unknown (1914)
Lena's curly black water-spaniel, Prince, breakfasted with us. ❋ Willa Sibert Cather (1910)
They surrounded Christophe, like Goethe's water-spaniel, the "lurking specters," that lie in wait and seize upon a soul and fasten upon its vitality. ❋ Romain Rolland (1905)
A water-spaniel was responsible last week for the overturning of a motor-car driven by a Superintendent of the Police near Norton Village in Hertfordshire. ❋ Various (1898)
"I've come to finish my Christmas hunt," he said, as he stepped up on the porch and shook himself like a great water-spaniel. ❋ Unknown (1897)
Scot, who had no appearance of a sheep-dog -- that is, as his class are generally portrayed in coloured prints -- might possibly have been brought up as a water-spaniel, or he might have been the darling of a semi-detached villa and have learnt to walk drab, unlovely streets without endangering his life: it is all a matter of education, fortified by environment. ❋ Ernest Gambier-Parry (1894)
In the street she was followed by a water-spaniel, which appealed and vanished suddenly. ❋ Anatole France (1884)
He tried experiments on their black water-spaniel and nearly killed him; and even descended to fishes and insects. ❋ Frank Preston Stearns (1881)
One is a beautiful water-spaniel, jet black, Brisk by name, but his character is stainless in the matter of sheep, and though very handsome he is only an amiable idiot, his one amusement being to chase a weka, which he never catches. ❋ Unknown (1871)
I was immediately lifted off my saddle by kind and strong arms, and carried with frozen limbs and streaming habit into the kitchen, for I was as unfit for the drawing-room as my own water-spaniel. ❋ Unknown (1871)
This sight so excited our younger sportsmen that they scrambled down the high precipice, followed by a water-spaniel, and in five minutes had bagged as many brace. ❋ Unknown (1871)
When he came to the stream he always found another man waiting for him on the far side, and this man was accompanied by a rough water-spaniel. ❋ James Runciman (1871)
Brisk, my beautiful, stupid water-spaniel, is also allowed an outing. ❋ Unknown (1871)
We have a pointer, a water-spaniel, and a retriever. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)
