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James Hogg quotes

Scottish Poet January 1, 1770 – November 21, 1835

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He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions. James Hogg
He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or four seconds before the conclusion of the prayer, he started to his feet, and ran barking round the apartment like a crazed beast. James Hogg
A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog? James Hogg
By that time he had pushed the bottle so long and so freely, that its fumes had taken possession of every brain to such a degree, that they held Dame Reason rather at the staff's end, overbearing all her counsels and expostulations. James Hogg
James Hogg quote: "Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous..."
Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence. James Hogg
James Hogg quote: "With regard to the work itself, I dare not venture a judgment,..."
With regard to the work itself, I dare not venture a judgment, for I do not understand it. James Hogg
The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising of the sun; and if all the shepherds in the Forest had been there to have assisted him, they could not have effected it with greater propriety. James Hogg
It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining. James Hogg

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