Books Bygone

Saturday, December 27, 2014

"Nature Noble"

Rocky
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
--Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman (1825)

from The Quotable Dog Lover (Patricia M. Sherwood, ed., The Lyons Press, New York, 2000)

3 comments:

Be nice. Nothing inappropriate, please.