dog days

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So far the Dog-days of Quintus Zebed�us Egidius Fixlein.—I, for the second time, close a Chapter of this Life, as Life itself is closed, with a sleep.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

Dog-days, 20 days before and 20 after the rising of the dog-star Sirius, at present from 3rd July to 11th August.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

It's safe to rile ye, Dog-days being here, When you're charged highly For iced ginger-beer.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 by

I am as Lazy as a Fishmonger in the Dog-days, or a Parson in Lent: I would not speak another Word for a King's Ransom.

From The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce by Mountfort, William

Dog-days each year affords; if thou find none, Thy fortune's clearer far than any one.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert