“The dogs did bark, the children screamed,
Up flew the windows all;
And every soul cried out, "Well done!"
As loud as he could bawl.”
St. 28.
The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1785)
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“3736. One barking Dog, sets all the Street a barking.”
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“The old dog barks backward without getting up;
I can remember when he was a pup.”
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
" The Span of Life http://members.tripod.com/~AMDB7/poems/thespanoflife.html" (1936) <br class="br">1930s
“193. If the old dog barke he gives counsell.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Sojourner Truth (1797–1883) African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist
Olive Gilbert & Sojourner Truth (1878), Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Bondswoman of Olden Time, page 159.
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
Source: The moon and the bonfire (1950), Chapter XVIII, p. 107
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“[ An old dog barks not in vain. ]”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Diogenes of Sinope (-404–-322 BC) ancient Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 61
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
“The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on.”
Paul Keating (1944) Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
Referring to his economic record, 7.30 Report, August 6, 2008. 7.30 Report Interview http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2326431.htm