Lions

Examples

• Even the lions and panthers had no fears for her now. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Abraham in red going to sacrifice Isaac in blue, and Daniel in yellow cast into a den of green lions, were the most prominent of these. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• As if that wasn't stunning enough, a hundred lions is turned into the same wild-beast-show all at once! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There are no traces of lions or true tigers at that time in Europe, but there were bears, otters, wolves, and a wild boar. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She liveth, answered Isaac; but it is as Daniel, who was called Beltheshazzar, even when within the den of the lions. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In which thirteen African Lions and twenty-two Barbarian Prisoners will war with each other until all are exterminated. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• On another occasion as Tarzan and D'Arnot sat at dinner with a number of other whites, the talk fell upon lions and lion hunting. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They were like old lions, no more good. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This method of hunting is practised by the Masai to-day, and could only have been worked out by a people in a land where lions were abundant. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was alive with lions and leopards and poisonous snakes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He had vivid passions, keen feelings, but his pure honour and his artless piety were the strong charm that kept the lions couchant. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• If one feigns death lions and lionesses are supposed to ignore one, according to Mr. Philander's faulty memory. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• A man of his prowess who has spent some time in Africa, as I understand Monsieur Tarzan has, must have had experiences with lions--yes? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• What fun it was, especially going by the lions, fighting Apollyon, and passing through the valley where the hob-goblins were, said Jo. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And with them were some curious sleighs, whose bodies were shaped like lions, swans, tigers, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Lions led by a deer are not dangerous, quoth Justinian grimly, on seeing this bad generalship. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Enough to know that each of you are right in your judgment of the characteristics of the lions--you have met. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I presume he is now off to report to the directors of the Zoo that one of their lions was at large last night. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Poor fellow, he thought, some men with his years are like lions; one can tell nothing of their age except that they are full grown. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• We have got to get by the lions first, said Jo, as if she rather liked the prospect. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But abundant lions imply abundant game, and that again means abundant vegetation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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