“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.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“The old dog barks backward without getting up;
I can remember when he was a pup.”
" The Span of Life http://members.tripod.com/~AMDB7/poems/thespanoflife.html" (1936)
1930s
“193. If the old dog barke he gives counsell.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Olive Gilbert & Sojourner Truth (1878), Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Bondswoman of Olden Time, page 159.
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.”
“[ An old dog barks not in vain. ]”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 61
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
“The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on.”
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