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Updated: May 27, 2025
Troop-ships arrived, but the most welcome was the Cerberus, with the three major-generals. The relief of the garrison found expression in waggery; they called the generals the three bow-wows, and circulated the doggerel: "Behold the Cerberus the Atlantic plow, Her precious cargo Burgoyne, Clinton, Howe, Bow wow wow!" Burgoyne at this time made a special nickname for himself.
"And feels himself going utterly to the bow-wows without any stop-gear to keep him from bowling clean to the bottom, a person feels like doing something decent for a girl like the Little Statue," and the youth plucked half a dozen yellow flowers as well as the coveted white ones. "Have some for your basket," said he. His face was puckered into pathetic gravity.
I was out of breath, so I didn't try to make you hear me." "Well, I swum!" ejaculated Grubb under his breath. "I never expected to see her again." "What of the horses?" "Got 'em," answered the driver tersely, "Carry-all gone to the everlasting bow-wows. What now?"
'I will never break its heart, I will be a good boy, and never do so any more; I will never be naughty again; I beg its little pardon, said Mr Mantalini, dropping the handle of the mangle, and folding his palms together; 'it is all up with its handsome friend! He has gone to the demnition bow-wows. It will have pity? It will not scratch and claw, but pet and comfort? Oh, demmit!
That country on the map may 'belong' to anybody the United States may write 'Monroe' one of their big 'bow-wows' that was they may write 'Monroe' all round the coasts of South America and at every port that they like to stick in their noses; but they cannot get there to say that the people living on that land shall not become great and strong in their own way, without any one else to say about it.
Late in the evening, finding that the senator's party had left the Inter-Mountain the day before to drive to Wartrace, the traffic manager called up the Quaretaro Mesa country-house and poured the news of the débâcle into Evan Blount's ear. "We've gone to the everlasting bow-wows, and Mr.
All of which is perfectly natural, nothing at all to your discredit, and furthermore shows whence come the few good men, who, sticking their heels in, are trying to keep the country from going to the demnition bow-wows. Am I right?" Schuyler watched a little ring of blue smoke rising to the ceiling. "No," he answered, slowly, "you're wrong. I care nothing for the plaudits of the populace.
He, also, who first spoke the ancient proverb, Let sleeping dogs lie, did no more than voice the caution of the street. And he, also, who invented the saying that the world is going to the bow-wows, lodged his deplorable pessimism in fitting words. It was Daniel who sat with the lions. But there are degrees of bravery.
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