"Bowwow" Quotes from Famous Books
... Sadie gravely, "you and I musn't go near Auntie Essie again. She's a 'bowwow,' and I'm afraid ... — Ester Ried • Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden)
... Udolpho type. Reading any of these works, one is inclined to accept the hearty indorsement of Sir Walter Scott: "That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big bowwow strain I can do myself, like any now going; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died ... — English Literature - Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World • William J. Long |