| Enoch Lewis - 1828 - 390 Seiten
...their volley upon him, instantly turned, and fled helter-skelter, leaving him to do his pleasure upon the defenceless Scots, who, with empty guns, were...each other in their hurry to escape the clutch of the furious savage. In a twinkling he was upon them, and with one stroke of his paw, dashed the nearest... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 1178 Seiten
...their volley upon him, instantly turned and fled helter-skelter, leaving him to do his pleasure upon the defenceless Scots ; who, with empty guns, were...scene was terrific! There stood the Lion with his paw upon his prostrate foe, looking round in conscious power and pride upon the bands of his assailants,... | |
| 1831 - 320 Seiten
...the defenceless Scotchmen, who were tumbling one over the other in their hurry to escape the clutches of the rampant savage. In a twinkling he was upon them, and, with a single stroke of his paw, dashed the nearest to the ground. The scene was terrific. There stood the... | |
| 1834 - 700 Seiten
...their volley upon him, instantly turned and fled helter-skelter, leaving him to do his pleasure upon the defenceless Scots ; who, with empty guns, were...scene was terrific ! There stood the lion with his paw upon his prostrate foe, looking round in conscious power and pride upon the bands of his assailants,... | |
| 1834 - 440 Seiten
...him, instantly turned, and fled helter-skelter, leaving him to do his pleasure upon the.defenceless Scots —who, with empty guns, were tumbling over...in their hurry to escape the clutch of the rampant lavage. In a twinkling he was upon them, and with one stroke of his paw dashed the nearest to the ground.... | |
| Thomas Pringle, Josiah Conder - 1835 - 716 Seiten
...instantly turned and fled helter-skelter, leaving him to do his pleasure upon the defenceless Scots,—who, with empty guns, were tumbling over each other in...upon them— and with one stroke of his paw dashed John Rennie (my brotherin-law, to the ground. The scene was terrific! There stood the lion with his... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1835 - 736 Seiten
...bearded the monarch of the forest in his den, and fired at him without effect ; the noble beast sprang at them, and with one stroke of his paw dashed the nearest to the ground — placed his terrific paw on the prostrate Scotchman, and with the most imposing port imaginable... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1836 - 360 Seiten
...bearded the monarch of the forest in his den, and fired at him without effect; the noble beast sprang at them, and with one stroke of his paw dashed the nearest to the ground — placed his terrific paw on the prostrate Scotchman, and with the most imposing port imaginable... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1836 - 382 Seiten
...bearded the monarch of the forest in his den, and fired at him without effect; the noble beast sprang at them, and with one stroke of his paw dashed the nearest to the ground — placed his terrific paw on the prostrate Scotchman, and with the most imposing port imaginable... | |
| 1850 - 386 Seiten
...their volley upon him, instantly turned and fled helter-skelter, leaving him to do his pleasure upon the defenceless Scots; who, with empty guns, were...scene was terrific! There stood the lion with his paw upon his prostrate foe, looking round in conscious power and pride upon the bands of his assailants,... | |
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