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Updated: June 7, 2025
The time has come when we must repay invasion by invasion, and outrage by retaliation." So does the cruel war-spirit grow by that on which it feeds. "That 'ere fort with its big guns a-grinnin' an' growlin' like mastiffs in their kennels, has bullied us long enough," said Tom Loker, who availed himself of the democratic simplicity of the times to express his opinion.
But bedtime and old Isham came, and the whist players came not. It needed no one to tell Lawrence whose disinclination it was that had prevented their coming. "I reckon," said Uncle Isham, as he looked in at Letty's cabin on his way to his own, "dat dat ar Mister Crof' aint much use to gittin' hisse'f hurt. All de time I was helpin' him to go to bed he was a growlin' like de bery debbil."
I'm a cook, Mem, it's true, but I'm no relation to Doctor Cook, and I ain't eager to sleep in a room where even a Polar bear would be growlin' for a fur coat." "Very well, Lizzie," said Aunt Martha, soothingly; "I'll have storm windows put on at once and extra quilts sent to the room, and a gas stove if you wish."
I drew it an inch open, and I might 'ave been at the table with them, I could 'ear every word that clearly. "There was Chris McCarthy growlin' at them for not keepin' their tongues still, and there was Joe Berks swearin' that 'e would knock 'is face in if 'e dared give 'im any of 'is lip.
It's a wondher to me that th' ocean don't get tired iv growlin' an' roarin' at th' race iv men. They don't pay anny heed to it's hollering. Whin it behaves itsilf they praise it as though it was a good dog. 'How lovely our ocean looks undher our moon. Whin it rises in its wrath they show their contimpt f'r it be bein' sea-sick into it.
I thinks, 'tis an evil sperrit, sae I set awa like a hare game leg an' aal tearin' towards the park wall like a whippit, followed by the evil sperrit that made no sound wiv his pads, but was growlin' terrible aal the time. 'Then it wasn't a real dog? I interrupted here. 'Wasn't a real durg? replied Geordie indignantly, his eyebrows puckering and his jowl coming forward aggressively.
A b'ar climbs by huggin' their paws around the trunk, and it takes one of right smart size to suit them for climbin', "I see my tree all right, and I went for it. Missus B'ar, she come cavortin' an' growlin' along, and it did seem to me as though she'd have a chunk out o' me afore I could climb out o' reach.
There ain't no man ever dared touch that dog so long as I've known about him and that's for ten years." "But can you make him mind?" demanded Yellow Tom. "Surely." "Then stop his growlin' at me." Recognizing this as a test, Bob stroked the dog's head caressingly, saying, in a matter-of-fact tone: "Stop growling, boy. None of these men are going to harm me."
As Merwyn stepped down from a dray, whereon he had witnessed the scene, he muttered, indiscreetly, "What does such nonsense amount to!" A big hulking fellow, carrying a bar of iron, who had stood beside him, and who apparently had had his suspicions, asked, fiercely, "An' what did ye expect it wud amount to? An' what's the nonsense ye're growlin' at? By the holy poker oi belave you're a spy."
It was impossible to find fault with the excellent management of Pomona. "What were they doing?" asked Euphemia. "I opened the parlor, and she was in there with the child, putting it to sleep on the sofa, I think. The boarder was out in the yard, tryin' to teach Lord Edward some tricks." "He had better look out!" I exclaimed. "Oh, the dog's chained and growlin' fearful! What am I to do with 'em?"
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