And to thrash a doglike that!

His lack of self-respect and humour, his childish egotism, his love of gossip, his naive bathos, and his vulgarities contributed as much to the making of his immortal book as his industry, his wonderful verbal memory, and his doglike fidelity.

Her doglike love struggled with her love for her money, amassed sou by sou, hidden away, "making more," as she said.

To this meeting Mahomet brought Abbas, his uncle, younger son of Abd-al-Muttalib, a weak and insignificant character, who had endeared himself to Mahomet chiefly because of his doglike devotion.

His brown eyes had an almost doglike wistfulness.

But Nick could not, would not, play into Wisler's hands by mentioning the name of Harp, or telling of the old man's doglike devotion to his mistress.

" "No doubt," mused the major, "the negro is capable of a certain doglike fidelity,I make the comparison in a kindly sense,a certain personal devotion which is admirable in itself, and fits him eminently for a servile career.

In a last doglike hope Martin looked up the precipitation reports.