spaniel

• Jasper the spaniel is a canine blood donor and deserves a medal, says his owner, veterinary nurse Caroline Jones. —  British Blogs
• To describe such varieties as the spaniel, the greyhound, the mastiff, or the terrier, would not add much to the knowledge which the English reader already possesses One of the most remarkable of dogs is the huge mastiff of Tibet. —  Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys
• There were evident traces of the water-spaniel, the Skye terrier, and that most beautiful of all the hound family--the beagle I do not know what education Ugly may have had in his earlier days, but I believe it to have been limited, though his acquirements were great. —  Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors
• Crouching like a spaniel, the beast of prey laid the fowl at the child's feet, and fell down dead Pope Silvester II. —  The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
• On the Sunday evening after the arrival at that place, the spaniel was attacked by a large dog, when out walking with his master on the river bank, and ran away. —  Anecdotes of Dogs

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