MDMD2: The Learned English Dog

[Dave Monroe]

On 4/13/08, Natália Maranca <nmaranca at gmail.com> wrote:

> OED says the following:
>
> "day (...) 15. Time of action, period of power or influence. Proverb. a
> (every) dog has his (a) day.
> 1550 Q. ELIZ. in Strype Eccl. Mem. II. xxviii. 234 Notwithstanding, as a dog
> hath a day, so may I perchance have time to declare it in deeds. 1562 J.
> HEYWOOD Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 30 But as euery man saith, a dog hath a daie.
> 1602 SHAKS. Ham. v. i. 315 The Cat will Mew, and Dogge will haue his day.
> 1633 B. JONSON Tale Tub II. i, A man has his hour, and a dog his day. 1703
> ROWE Ulyss. I. i. 71 Suffer the Fools to laugh... This is their Day. 1837
> CARLYLE Fr. Rev. I. i. 2 Each dog has but his day. 1841 MIALL Nonconf. I. i
> Diplomacy has had its day, and failed. 1850 TENNYSON In Mem. Prol. v, Out
> little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be."

Thanks!