 ... he rushed headlong against the lioness, who, springing aside, avoided the dread blow. A cloud came over the moon ; I could not see distinctly, but I heard every blow of the paw and every rip of the tusk. There was a dead silence ; again the cloud...  Western Barbary: Its Wild Tribes and Savage Animals - Side 27av Sir John Hay Drummond-Hay - 1846 - 106 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1846 - 872 sider
...silence. The cloud passed, again the heavens were clear, and I saw the lioness standing with her fore-paws on the body of the boar. I seized my gun, and aimed...The morning dawned. I descended from the rock. The claws of the lioness still grasped, in death, the body of the boar ; many severe wounds showed that... | |
 | John Hay Drummond-Hay, Lady Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake - 1844 - 292 sider
...springing aside, avoided the dread blow. A cloud came over the moon; I could not see distinctly, but I heard every blow of the paw and every rip of the tusk....wounds showed that the boar had again fought bravely. * An evil genins or spirit. . " The lions were the finest I ever saw, and T made good profit by that... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 432 sider
...again. The cloud had passed, and the heavens were clear ; and I saw the lioness, with her fore paw on the body of the boar. I seized my gun, and aimed...The morning dawned ; I descended from the rock. The claws of the lioness still grasped in death the body of the boar. Many severe wounds showed that the... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 410 sider
...again. The cloud had passed, and the heavens were clear ; and I saw the lioness, with her fore paw on the body of the boar. I seized my gun, and aimed at her head ; that was her last moment! " The boar had left the fountain, and was again busied rooting in the marsh, when another slight noise, as... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 sider
...tusk. There was a dead silence: again the cloud had passed, and the heavens were clear, and I saw tho lioness with her fore paws on the body of the boar....saw, and I made good profit by that night's work. HAY. THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS. Alcohol, spirits of wine. (An Arabic term.) both liquids... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 sider
...springing aside, avoided the dread blow. A cloud came over the moon; I could not see distinctly, but I heard every blow of the paw and every rip of the tusk....saw, and I made good profit by that night's work. HAY. THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS. Alcohol, spirits of wine. (An Arabic We of flowing. (A term... | |
 | sir Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1877 - 198 sider
...springing aside, avoided the dread blow. A cloud came over the moon , I could not see distinctly, but I heard every blow of the paw and every rip of the tusk....in death the body of the boar. Many severe wounds shewed that the boar had again fought bravely. — HAY. THE THREE FISH. It has been related that there... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1885 - 268 sider
...at her head; that was her last moment. 16. "The morning dawned; I descended from the rock. The claws of the lioness still grasped in death the body of...saw, and I made good profit by that night's work." CHAPTER XXIV. GIANTS WITH TUSKS AND TRUNK. 1. THE elephant is the largest and most powerful of all... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1885 - 264 sider
...pause again. The cloud had passed and the heavens were clear, and I saw the lioness with her fore-paw on the body of the boar. I seized my gun and aimed at her head ; that was her last moment. 16. "The morning dawned; I descended from the rock. The claws of the lioness still grasped in death... | |
 | 1846 - 792 sider
...silence : the cloud passed, again the heavens were clear, and I saw the lioness with her fore-pawi on the body of the boar. I seized my gun, and aimed...the body of the boar. Many severe wounds showed that he had again fought bravely. The lions were the finest I ever saw, and I made good profit by that night's... | |
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