| 单词 | couchant |
| 例句 | That was how Cal discovered himself, in voluptuous, liquid, sterile culmination, couchant upon two or three deformed pillows, with the shades drawn and the drained swimming pool outside and the cars passing, endlessly, all night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We see Kim getting dressed or undressed, lounging poolside or couchant on beds or “in my closet in Miami trying on clothes.” Kim, Caitlyn, and the People We Want to See 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z “What I want to see before I die,” Frederick Douglass wrote, “is a monument representing the negro, not couchant on his knees like a four-footed animal, but erect on his feet like a man.” Opinion | Don’t ‘better explain’ the Emancipation Memorial. Put up monuments to Black people instead. 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Ahead could be discerned the famous rock, although viewed from an altitude and "end on" its well-known appearance as a lion couchant was absent. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z Other positions must be named with care and the prowling “lion passant” distinguished from the rampant beast, as well as from such rarer shapes as the couchant lion, the lion sleeping, sitting or leaping. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The centre, which is in the light, is occupied by a couchant lion growling, his one paw on a bundle of arrows, the symbol of the United Provinces. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z On the north, Trafalgar Square, with Nelson’s statue and Landseer’s four noble lions couchant—which alone are worth a visit—at its base. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z His description of deer and deer hunts shows that he had watched their habits, couchant and in chase. William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon His Epitaph Unearthed, and the Author of the Plays run to Ground 2012-03-29T02:00:13.153Z At bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z According to a common rule the only cattle allowed to use the village pasture was that which was constantly kept in the village, levant e couchant en le maner. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The doctor almost stumbled across the couchant body of the dog as he left the room with the Master. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Just before her up there in the clouds is a huge lion, couchant. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z He who wears the gilded arms and bears on his shield a crowned lion couchant at the feet of a lady is the valiant Lord Luarcalco, Lord of the Silver Bridge. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z When thou complaisant Looked on expectant for some virtuous act, How Self appeared like some fierce tigress couchant, And we with evil motive seemed impact! Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward 2011-12-24T03:07:54.433Z An Egyptian sphinx has the body of a lion couchant with the head of a man. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z I found that to sally forth with your 'cello couchant under your arm, like a lance of the days of chivalry, was to invite adventure. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z "Cousinly questioned," says the King, And kingly flashes his eye; "Let the hog beware of the lion's lair, Though the lion couchant lie." The Deluge and Other Poems 2011-10-15T02:00:29.350Z The two huge couchant lions at either end of the steps are of much later date than these. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Came to a splendid park and lodge-gates, the latter surmounted by two bulls couchant; I do not care to know to whom the domain belongs. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The second hieroglyph is a lion couchant, and stands for l, because that letter is the first in labu, the Egyptian name of lion. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z Inside was a death’s head that moved; and above it a hound couchant. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Let the “Northern Lion” couchant, On his bleak and froze plain, Lift his shaggy front in wonder, And defiant shake his mane. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Then he says something quietly, relaxes, and comes to us blithely, the funny dog with a nonsense story, and the Skipper sinks couchant again. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The carving of one pair of arms might be couchant lions; on the next, leopards; on the next, hounds, and so on. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Afterwards models of animals couchant are given for imitation; and they are encouraged to make parts of the human figure,—fingers, hands, ears, noses, for which they have models in each other. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Dr. Gay drove his impassive ward up to the steps of Castle Brand, and set her down between the griffiths couchant, and she stood forlornly there clinging to his hand. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The knight thou seest yonder with the gilded armour, who bears on his shield a lion crowned, couchant at a damsel's feet, is the valorous Laurcalco, Lord of the Silver Bridge. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Viewed from this situation, it certainly, if it resembles any animate object in nature, has something of the appearance of a terrible couchant lion, whose stupendous head menaces Spain. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Where the war-worn First Brigade stood waiting but uncalled to stem the tide of battle, a crouching lion, alert for the onslaught, rears his majestic front, like the lion couchant of the Green Mountains. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z Artegal's crest was a hound couchant, and on his shield he bore the figure of a crowned ermine on an azure field. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z Back on the ship, looking at the lion couchant while the twilight falls and the lights come out along its base. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The watchman went to call the proprietors, and when they arrived they found the lion couchant upon the top of one of the coaches in the yard. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom As for Great Britain, not satisfied with one lion, she repeats him seven times, rampant or couchant, on the royal standard. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 A mere black figure it was, wrapped in a great cloak, on his head the slouched hat of the Roussillon shepherds, looped up at the side, and a huge dog couchant at his feet. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion The fear, the doubt, that had been for some time couchant, hushed, hidden, had suddenly sprung like a wild beast at her heart. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance The knowledge of what she had done, the wretchedness she saw it was destined to entail upon her, all this while couchant like a wild beast within her, now uprose into her expressive features. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Unhappy mother! that was thus unconsciously preparing all things for the snake that even now--'her crest brightening with hope' was couchant by her children's cradle. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Crest—on a wreath, a ram couchant or, armed sables, on a mount vert. Old and New London Volume I It has his effigy in armour, with an ermined mantle, his feet leaning against a lion couchant. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations Enormous brackets supporting couchant lions rest upon the knotted columns, with curious figures of Adam and Eve on their lower faces. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia On one side of the throne great Walsingham, A lion of England, couchant, watchful, calm, Was now the master of opinion: all Drew to him. Collected Poems Volume One At bed or at board, couchant or levant, we must pay. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy The beast rampant and couchant, the helmet and the battle-ax, associated only with mixed tenses and misplaced capitals according to their ancient habit. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry On a sprig-pattern-papered wall there brays Complaint to sky Sir Edwin's dripping stag; His couchant coast-guard creature corresponds; They face the Huguenot and Light o' the World. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning But rather of her kindness yield The balm whereby hurt wounds are healed, That couchant in the selfsame field Lion and lamb may masticate at leisure. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 It was pleasant, as he said,—the room was glowing with light, the boys in a knot about the fire; some sitting, some standing, one or two couchant upon the rug. Say and Seal, Volume I Low and square-towered, couchant in the moonlight behind its railings, the Parish Church guarded under its long flank its huddled graves. The Combined Maze There did the great dog stretch his body—a sentinel couchant—with such grim Cerberus-like resolution, that even Wingrove might not have dared to cross the threshold of that sacred precinct? The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Who rides there, the hart couchant—the deer at rest—upon his helm? The History of London This the regular bear-hunter well knows; and the knowledge renders him cautious about coming too close to a couchant bear. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Here, with angels at their heads and lions couchant at their feet, the effigies of these Dukes of Valois rest, surrounded by a wealth of sculpture and decoration almost unequalled. In Château Land This, so far from spoiling, served to enrich the silence investing the latter with an air of couchant dignity which was most compelling. Anthony Lyveden But come, we'll build a larger boat Of English breed, no Teuton shams, Where sheltered animals shall float, The lion couchant with the lambs: See from the cabin's open door What mild-faced dromedaries pour! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 16, 1914 The female figure has a high crowned bonnet, and the mantle is drawn close over the feet, which rest on two dogs couchant. Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Beneath its silken vestments beat A lion heart of jungle heat; Its couchant soul delights in battle To fell the rock and to whelm the fleet. Song-waves This is due to his memory; for, by all I heard, when he changed his religion he ceased to be Lucas couchant, and became Lucas rampant, fanged and langued gules. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II His feet are upon a lion couchant, and his head upon a faithful watch-dog, with a collar, in beautiful preservation, encircling its neck. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 First, there are two columns decorated with sculptured clouds, two lions couchant, two lions rampant. Travels in the Far East The sky was dreamy blue; the sandhills rose against it shapely like the backs and flanks of couchant lions. The Valley of the Kings One was a Christian knight in a coat of linked mail, over which he wore a surcoat of embroidered cloth, much frayed and bearing more than once the arms of the wearer—a couchant leopard. Tales of Fantasy and Fact There erst was martial Marmion found, His feet upon a couchant hound, His hands to Heaven upraised: And all around on scutcheon rich, And tablet carved, and fretted niche, His arms and feats were blazed. Notes and Queries, Number 72, March 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The rock of Quebec is like a lion couchant beside the St. Lawrence. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette Over the gallery is an escutcheon, with a couchant lion holding the arms of Brittany, between two stags, also couchant, at the foot of a tree. Brittany & Its Byways She walked home, escorted valiantly by three stout boys, who guided her by a most circuitous route across Bruntsfield Links, that she might gain a moonlight view of the couchant lion of Arthur's Seat. Olive A Novel Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew standing on a lion couchant guardant, in the right hand a knife, his emblem, in the left hand a book. Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less After a long walk, you come to the noble portals, guarded by lions couchant, and just beyond is the spot where Louis XVI. was guillotined. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland I felt Little Fellow all in a tremor by my side; the tremor not of fear, but of the couchant panther; and he uttered the most vicious snarl I have ever heard from human throat. Lords of the North Sir," says the herald, "'tis two rampant trees, One couchant; and, to give it further scope, A ladder passant, and a pendent rope. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings They went up the steps between the couchant lions and before they could knock Pat had opened the door, as though he had been listening for them. Mary Gray He would extend his great length on the floor in a low couchant position, not too close to where the man sat—and search the strong human face with eyes more strong. Son of Power There stands his suit of armour, too, newly blackleaded, whose coat of arms is a couchant typewriter on an automobile rampant.' The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont The great chapel of St. Martin's, planted like some couchant animal grey and mysterious against the blue of the evening sky, flung through its windows the light of its many candles. The Prelude to Adventure "Some choice sous'd fish brought couchant in a dish, Among some fennel." Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes At the back of this lion couchant, in the middle ground, sheer mountain walls tower protectingly, culminating in Monte Grigna. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two One effect of the wide extent of the right of common was that the rule of levant and couchant did not obtain here. The Customs of Old England The dear people rampant, the respected mayor quiescent, but biding his time, Cobbens couchant but fanged, the President raised to a sublime apotheosis. The Mayor of Warwick Huge beasts couchant in majestic trees, guarding against invasions, with a fierce, jealous rage inherited from the gnomes and satyrs. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul The great grey body of the Church was still; tower and couchant nave watched in their monstrous, motionless dominion, till the music stirred in them like a triumphant soul. The Helpmate It looks most like a black dragon couchant on a red field, which is not a Scottish bearing. The Black Douglas To the right of the door is a huge lion couchant, asleep. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Near each corner is a deer, one feeding, 63one 'couchant,' one 'tripping,' and one 'courant,' and one 'lodged' in the centre. English Embroidered Bookbindings At the end is the date of 1525, over the printer's device of a lion couchant, and a heart and crown upon a shield. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two Beside the mast, within a shattered palisade, lay huddled the vast corpse of the Mylodon of Patagonia, couchant amidst his fodder of chopped hay. The Disentanglers The shield of this luxurious monarch is supported on each side by an angel habited, and beneath the shield by a white hart couchant, gorged and chained or, beneath a tree. The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science And she presented him with an exquisite and curious little thing,—a paper-weight in likeness of a couchant lion, wrought from a jade-stone yellow as that created by a rainbow in honor of Kong-fu-tze. Some Chinese Ghosts No longer the form of Vermilion appeared couchant, tense; and, among the scowmen, one laughed. The Gun-Brand In Curzon's figure the lion is standing, not 'couchant', as stated by Malcolm, and grasps a scimitar in his off forepaw. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official The first of these is Lion Mountain, having some resemblance to a lion couchant. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time A mountain’s crest shaped like a swooping eagle will from some one have received the name of ‘Eagle Mountain,’ whilst by its side another shaped like a couchant lion will have a name to match. Myths and Legends of China Each had a sort of square, false front, pierced by two staring windows and a door, that reminded one of a lion couchant—very large in the face and very thin in the flank. Sevenoaks "Is it something about—about the mortgage?" asked Rose Mary in the gently hushed tone that she always used in speaking of this ever couchant enemy of their peace. Rose of Old Harpeth At the bottom of the outer arch are two beasts couchant. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 They called to their aid the mandorlato of Verona, supporting their porch pillars on the backs of couchant lions, inserting polished slabs on their fa�ades, and building huge sarcophagi into their cloister alleys. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series On a throne covered with the Union Jack, Muriel was seated, the two pugs being on footstools on either side of her to represent lions couchant. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months There erst was martial Marmion found, His feet upon a couchant hound, His hands to heaven upraised: And all around, on scutcheon rich, And tablet carved, and fretted niche, His arms and feats were blazed. From John O'Groats to Land's End A couchant jackal is sometimes placed on the top, and serves for a handle by which to take off the lid. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt I had in succession a lion couchant with one of his front paws extended, holding a rose; isn't it odd? Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood) Winding through a noble valley, we presently came to Bello's palace, couchant and bristling in a grove. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The couchant stag in the centre was the Cornwallis crest. Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850 Or it is as if one found a lion couchant in that hole in the sand; as indeed the buried part of the monster is in the form of a couchant lion. The New Jerusalem A little case at Gizeh is carved in the shape of a couchant calf, the body being hollowed out, and the head and back forming a removable lid. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt I loved a work of dreams that bloomed from Art; A town and her turrets rose As from the red heart Of the couchant suns where the west wind blows And worlds lie apart. The California Birthday Book The next morning a little canoe with a cat couchant in the bow, a young invalid comfortably reclining amidships and a husky youth in the stern started down the river and into the salt-water lakes. Dick in the Everglades Amongst other mutilations, they have entirely hacked away the right leg, leaving only the foot connected with the lion couchant, against which the figure rests. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 583, December 29, 1832 Here—a cow and rabbit couchant, and coextensive—so objects show, seen through the lucid atmosphere of fine Cathay. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice More people than Miss Lucinda have been put to their wits' end when "Hoggie" burst his bonds and became rampant instead of couchant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion. Intentions The footstools are golden lions couchant, with yellow topazes set in them for eyes. Allan Quatermain At the bottom of the outer arch are two couchant beasts, the one an elephant and the other a bull. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion The apex stones of these dormers, together with those of the gables, were surmounted by grotesque figures in rampant, passant, and couchant variety. A Pair of Blue Eyes They saw the great cathedral lying couchant above the plain. Sons and Lovers A little down-stream Cleopatra's Needle rose, sadly the worse for London smoke, flanked by its couchant sphinxes, wearing a nimbus of circling, sweeping, swooping, wheeling gulls. The Black Bag The Englishman's eyes strayed wearily from the limpid dawn to the tiny image of a lion couchant on a small blue enameled shield which he used as a watch fob. The Cruise of the Dry Dock I rush rampant to the upper landing in time to see him couchant on the lower. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 He had vivid passions, keen feelings, but his pure honour and his artless piety were the strong charm that kept the lions couchant. Villette Beaching the summit, you either stand up regardant or you peer couchant, as your nerves incline, down a height whose merit is to be peculiarly high. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I I envied them that crest, and would willingly have exchanged for it our own "greyhound couchant, sable." Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 The ornament then, which on the reposing or couchant stone was current only, on the erected stone begins to climb also, and becomes, in the most heraldic sense of the term, rampant. Val d'Arno Wolfe gave a low grumbling bark, and resumed his couchant posture as if nothing worthy of his attention was near to cause the disturbance. Canadian Crusoes I spent a considerable part of it at my window, looking out to the couchant Alps. Louisa Pallant Two lions couchant, seated on wide pedestals beneath a company of noble trees, were the only visible inhabitants of the dwelling. In and out of Three Normady Inns Off flew on the wings of Hansom a youthful member, more trusty than the trusted Undy, to the abode of the now couchant Treasury Argus. The Three Clerks You may laugh, Edith, but he has, and we're to seal our letters with a griffin rampant, or a catamount couchant, or some other beast of prey. A Terrible Secret I trained him to lie couchant, and to spring upon and tear a stuffed figure I would bring into the basement. The Wolf's Long Howl He wittily says that Young America is rampant, parental influence couchant; and no reversal of these positions is as yet visible in 1892. Children's Rights A book of nursery logic He could have correctly blazoned every tincture in their armorial bearings and have explained the origin of every rampant, counter-changed or couchant beast upon the shield. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Arthur's Seat, like a couchant lion of immense size—Salisbury Crags, like a huge belt or girdle of granite, were dimly visible. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 The British forces also threw up strong entrenchments and planted batteries; and the two armies lay watching each other like couchant lions, waiting the opportunity to make the fatal spring. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 Wolfe gave a low grumbling bark, and resumed his couchant posture, as if nothing worthy of his attention was near to cause the disturbance. Lost in the Backwoods Many of these doorways are open, revealing great marble staircases with couchant lions for balustrades and ceremonious courts surrounded by walls of sun-softened yellow. Italian Hours Or again, have you ever watched fine collie dogs couchant at twenty yards' distance? Jacob's Room But for the Hunter -- there he rises -- couchant no more. Pagan Papers And Mel replied, quietly for him to hear, 'And as that bird is couchant, Mr. George, you had better look to your sauce.' Evan Harrington — Complete And Mel replied, quietly for him to hear, "And as that bird is couchant, Mr. George, you had better look to your sauce." Evan Harrington — Volume 1 The lions couchant on the pillars as he passed out through the gate: toothless terrors. Ulysses Sire," said he, "in your eyes I am not a great poet, only un soleil couchant. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends The simple "flying," or rather leaning and almost couchant, buttresses, quadrants of a circle, might be parts of a Roman aqueduct. Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays There erst was martial Marmion found, His feet upon a couchant hound, His hands to heaven upraised; And all around, on scutcheon rich, And tablet carved, and fretted niche, His arms and feats were blazed. Marmion The eternal night of death reigned over those couchant images of stone and bronze. Joseph II. and His Court The two couchant lions on either side of the steps are in plasticine, and were executed by that versatile artist, who is also mayor of Red End, G. P. W. He is present. Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" She was graceful as a couchant goddess and, moreover, as self-possessed as Venus must have been when courting Adonis. Barchester Towers The three mullets on a gules wavy reversed, surmounted by the sinople couchant Or; the well-known cognizance of the house, blazed in gorgeous heraldry on a hundred banners, surmounting as many towers. Burlesques Sure, somewhere o'er the Stygian strait "Panurge" and "Bito," "Tramp" and "Mike," In couchant conclave watch the gate, Till comes the last successive tyke, Acknowledged with the countersign: "Your master was a friend of mine." The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 A large brown dog, that lay couchant in the hall, rose and followed him, and the last act of the daily farce was over. Joseph II. and His Court The, carved stone escutcheon of the ancient family, bearing for their arms three wolves' heads, was hung diagonally beneath the helmet and crest, the latter being a wolf couchant pierced with an arrow. Guy Mannering She was graceful as a couchant goddess, and, moreover, as self-possessed as Venus must have been when courting Adonis. Barchester Towers There shines upon the fifth good shield A couchant hawk, on a wall; That’s borne by Master Hildebrand; He tries, with heroes, a fall. Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces She was no longer the beautiful couchant monster, with the anxious and gloomy countenance, condemning her own destiny, but a woman, a true woman, in love, and eager to beguile. The Nabob He saw it as a monster couchant and enchanted, a monster that was to die; and its death was in part his own doing. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story If through long fret and irk Thine eyes within their browed recesses were Worn caves where thought lay couchant in its lair; Wert thou a spark among dank leaves, ah ruth! Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters At last we came to the high, lonely ridge, the dwarf forest, the huge, couchant bulk of Spy Rock. The Blue Flower Here and there a few rocks lifted their heads; you might have thought them gigantic animals couchant on the dunes. A Drama on the Seashore These seemed to be a couchant leopard, with the motto, "I sleep; wake me not." The Talisman Sullen and silent, and like couchant lions, Their cannon, through the night, Holding their breath, had watched, in grim defiance, The sea-coast opposite. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The People also takes a great attitude; the People also is calm; motionless as a couchant lion. The French Revolution She began to picture herself traveling with Ralph in a land where these monsters were couchant in the sand. Night and Day |
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