| 单词 | leonine |
| 例句 | The gaslight shone upon the heavy, leonine lines of his features—a mane of sandy-brown hair, eyes the piercing blue of gas flames, a firm mouth shaped around the stem of a briar pipe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z All that remained from before was his leonine white mane and his heavy silver cane. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Chapter Eleven’s previously lank hair was now leonine in back, while the front retreated. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Major de Coverley was a splendid, awe-inspiring, grave old man with a massive leonine head and an angry shock of wild white hair that raged like a blizzard around his stem, patriarchal face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He was a massive handsome man with iron-gray curly hair covering a leonine head. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z No one else seemed to know quite what to say, and then Jasper was there — tall and leonine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Its body was leonine, the skin stretched across its lean frame the pale pink color of something that hadn’t seen true sunlight in years. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It’s difficult not to let my mind wander when he looks at me with those leonine eyes, when he folds his hands together on his lap, long legs crossed at the knee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was fate: with his rough-hewn features and leonine fall of backswept hair, Gold’s profile bears an uncanny resemblance to the man, Benjamin Franklin, depicted on the medal itself. What Jonathan Gold Meant for Food Writing 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z It also reminds us that this is a play filled with prophecies, portents, dreams and, incidentally, leonine images. Julius Caesar – review 2012-06-07T00:13:00Z Four years later Sam Tanenhaus, writing in The New York Times Magazine, characterized Mr. Wieseltier’s mop as not merely “strikingly white” and “luxuriant” but “well, leonine.” What’s the Deal With That Guy’s Fluffy Hair? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Around the room’s perimeter, an array of leonine wigs was assembled. Judy Collins Has a Time Machine 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z In fact, his leonine face of anger derives from drawings by Leonardo da Vinci in which furious human faces are compared with those of lions and horses. Face value: expressions bring 4D ultrasound scans to life 2013-06-06T14:37:56Z Lying in leonine Pacifica’s tiny bed, her cheek resting on the girl’s breast, Mrs. Copperfield feels that she has finally found the sort of love that she has always looked for. The Madness of Queen Jane 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z All that was left was to see if this leonine wailer could get on board with the direction Page wanted to go. How Led Zeppelin came to be 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Instead of the leonine presence of Brando, you have Mr. Foster’s more lumbering hominid gait, the sense of a man who has never quite made peace with the postwar world or his domestic environment. Ben Foster Brings His Beast Mode to ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z "They looked happier, they looked energised," Shearer beamed, leonine with kindly glee. World Cup 2010: Something comforting about return to the BBC fold 2010-06-23T20:16:00Z Below it, we see Melissa Leo looking positively, well, leonine. Oscars 2011: Melissa Leo takes the low road to success 2011-02-25T21:00:01Z Photograph: Epics/Getty Images Durham sanctuary knocker, 12th centuryYes, it is a door knocker, but the monstrous leonine head cast in the 1100s is one of the most striking medieval sculptures in Britain. Magritte, Monet and Tracey Emin ? the week in art 2011-08-26T08:00:01Z My flutter of fear caused by Morrison’s daunting, leonine presence, at the beginning of the semester, quickly settled into cheerful enthusiasm. The Indelible Substance of a Semester with Toni Morrison 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The subtitle of tonight's episode – "Trouble In The Pride" – works on several levels, as the human economic pressures on the park cause rifts among its leonine inhabitants. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-03-02T08:00:02Z Magazines often shoot him in profile; his striking, leonine features call to mind the dreamboats of Old Hollywood, like Cary Grant by way of Versace. In ‘Deaf Utopia,’ Nyle DiMarco Dreams of Integrating the Deaf and Hearing Worlds 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z But other imitations retained a sense of mystery, like Mr. Grimes’s uncannily leonine gait in “King Lion.” Review: Jared Grimes and Lil Buck Embody Their Animal Muses in ‘Spaces’ 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z A leonine liberal not allergic to money or a highball of fine Scotch, she rose in a boy’s club through alliances, compromise and knowing how much of herself to conceal. Review: On ‘The Good Fight,’ a Lawyer Claws Her Way Back to Normal 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Walking to work from his house on Mercer Street, Albert Einstein, leonine and sockless, would stop for a while to watch the action. Dah Dah Doo Dah Dah Dah Dah Dah Doo Dah La Ti Mi Fa La So Fa Mi 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Encountering again the fuzz and warmth of Mandela’s leonine tones, Stengel realized something: He had a podcast on his hands. In ‘Mandela: The Lost Tapes,’ a Veteran Journalist Finds Himself 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The leonine Russian baritone's recital at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Thursday night presented by Los Angeles Opera dealt in desolation, loss and utter hopelessness. Siberia's bleak, beautiful baritone sweeps across L.A. Opera 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Take heed: If you’re in need of leonine assistance, your best recourse may be to start sobbing uncontrollably. Are wolves and lions man’s best friends? 2013-04-07T14:00:00Z For decades Mr. Meier, with his trademark dark suits and leonine white hair, has been a fixture on the New York social scene, where he often rubs elbows with his moneyed clients. Architecture: Newark Project With Schools and Housing for Teachers 2010-05-03T22:57:00Z Dice’s cancer only brought us closer; her disability just made my devotion to her fiercer and more leonine. Motherlode Blog: ‘Are Parents Better Lovers?’ 2014-02-14T19:50:10Z Elektra is queenly in her regal carriage, her leonine majesty, her cruel hauteur, and her every autocratic utterance. “Pose,” Reviewed: In Ryan Murphy’s Latest Musical Melodrama, Elektra Abundance Steals the Show 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The action star rose because of his cocky charm and the ease with which he imparted a leonine intensity, shifting to softy mode at the drop of a hat. ‘Red Notice’ Review: When the Stars Don’t Shine 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z At the beginning of this century he landed highly lucrative gigs in Las Vegas, and his wild-eyed, leonine face stared out from billboards across the Vegas strip. Stabbed tongues and swallowed eyeballs: was the Amazing Johnathan's terminal diagnosis his greatest trick? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z While Barry Gibb was the pin-up, and the group's leonine leader, Robin struggled to assert himself, even though he was as prolific a writer as his big brother. Robin Gibb dies aged 62 2012-05-20T23:26:00Z In the person of Gordon Gekko, played both times with leonine bombast and reptilian cunning by Michael Douglas, Mr. Stone has conceived one of the definitive heroic villains of modern pop culture. | 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps': The Pride That Went Before the Fall 2010-09-23T16:10:00Z Now, a year later, it’s all back again, thick, curly, frizzy, leonine. 10 ways of looking at a bad haircut 2014-04-23T22:59:00Z But sometimes I would see her leonine head across a crowded lobby. Critic?s Notebook: Rocking the Cradle of Experimental Theater 2011-01-13T23:30:04Z And as a figure, he is joyous, absurd, leonine but tender. Review: ‘The Gospel According to André’ Barely Scratches the Surface 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z She shows a bust of the Roman general Pompey to illustrate its evocation of Alexander the Great—by means of “the same leonine hairstyle”—though the style she refers to belongs to a different bust. ‘Know Thyself’ Review: The Evolution of a Culture 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z The hieroglyphs, the ibises, the replica of King Tutankhamen’s throne standing on leonine paws, with winged snakes for arms: All this is not so much exoticism as nostalgia and tribute. At Tut’s Hub, Egyptian Street Foods Get a Temple 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Walken’s disquieting, leonine screen presence and his unique voice are still compelling. Who is the best Oscar-winning supporting actor of all time? 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Herring, for his part, in his memoir How Not To Grow Up, recalls "wonderful dreams where I was punching him in his smug, leonine face, my fists like steaming jackhammers, over and over again ...". Can the Cameron-Clegg comedy double act survive? 2010-05-21T15:55:00Z What looked on the picture to be a long, leonine dangling tail with a bob at the end could have been a shadow cast by vegetation. "Lioness" spotted near Berlin may have been boar, mayor says 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z She restrains from belting these lines out with her usual, leonine force, finding delicate new tones that double down on the song's devastating emotional impact. Review: Adele's 30 finds her emotionally bewildered and at the top of her game 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z They are shaggily dressed in furs of tawny and buff, with bulky, leonine ruffs around their necks. Landscape of fear: why we need the wolf 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z “He binned the original Italian translation and redid mine line by line. He insisted on using the phrase ‘leonine contract’ to mean a contract in which one person took the lion’s share. 'It's a silent conversation': authors and translators on their unique relationship 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Mean-eyed dragons, amphibious leonine creatures, bat-like wyverns that puff themselves up like fluffy hamsters – Monster Hunter World’s creatures are amazing, and hunting them with a selection of overblown, cartoonish weapons is incredible fun. Warbling gangsters and grieving gods : the 11 best games on PlayStation 4 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Keith did a long leonine stretch, and then somewhere in his brain a neuron fired. Gary Keith and Ron, the Magi of Mets Nation 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Both chows and shar-peis are popular pets worldwide—the former for their leonine appearance, the latter for their charismatic wrinkles. These Cuddly Lapdogs Were Once Used as Stealth Weapons 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z But as the dancers, drummers and palm tree wavers left the ring for the fight to start, I felt anything but leonine. Opinion | A Grudge Match With the Big Man 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Theron wholly owns every moment she is on-screen, strutting through the film in a series of finely cut costumes with a leonine presence. Charlize Theron and James McAvoy blow throw South by Southwest with 'Atomic Blonde' 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “No people spend more freely, I believe, than West Indians,” Parker observes, and one can picture the leonine gleam in his eyes. Reading Jane Austen’s Final, Unfinished Novel 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z We’ve railed against injustice for decade upon decade - a lifetime of struggle and progress and enlightenment that we see etched in Frederick Douglass’s mighty, leonine gaze. Text of Obama’s remarks at museum dedication 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z He grew the fanlike, almost leonine beard that came to be his trademark. Renzo Mongiardino, the Architect of Illusion 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z She had the feline quality I had imagined, but it was leonine, tawny, dominant, not slinking nor fugitive. Elizabeth Jane Howard: Hilary Mantel on the novelist she tells everyone to read 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Salinas, with her strong features and dramatic dark eyes, is leonine. The Man Who Stood Up to Trump 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Hoad on Court 5, weathered and leonine, has come from Spain, where he lives on his tennis ranch in the plains of Andalusia. Frames of Reference 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z But Bradlee is—was, I mean, alas—taller than Robards, broader in the chest and shoulders, less delicate and more leonine in the face. Ben Bradlee’s Charisma 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z A leonine tawny blonde with fabulous legs and a shoe collection you would happily chew off an arm for, she used to be the fashion editor of Le Monde and is now at Vanity Fair. The 10 best-dressed people from Paris fashion week SS15 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Although last year’s results will not be announced until March, they are thought to be leonine. East Africa’s news business: Paper kingdom 2013-01-17T16:04:43Z His mellifluous tones and apt description of the great all-rounder during his innings that afternoon as "leonine" will be heard as long as cricket and its most venerated match is watched. CMJ and Tony Greig: contrasting voices of cricket that exuded integrity 2013-01-05T21:00:01Z Kanchenjunga was clear and eminent; we had never seen it so fine before; it now seemed singularly strong and monumental, like the leonine face of some splendid musician with a glory of white hair. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z There was none of the leonine spontaneity of Rubinstein. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Then the Genius had entered the room—a fierce and sombre-looking man of sixty, with a leonine head and impatient eyes. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z The acts and words of Beethoven are what we should expect,—noble, leonine, impetuous,—yet tender. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Of these the first and least important comprises eight narrative religious poems, in leonine hexameters or distichs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z It is not only the death agony, but the greater agony of defeat, which is expressed in every line of that leonine countenance. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z The other was an immense bull, with splendid leonine front and with a watchful, suspicious look in his eyes which contrasted sharply with the sullen stare of his fellows. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z He came as he was, in his flannels, his thick hairy arms bare to the elbow: a bronzed, leonine man of fifty, with the hearty, hospitable manner of the Colonial ‘squatocracy.’ A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z There is something in their frontal aspect which is almost leonine. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z He straightened the arms that flopped like a scarecrow's, and steadied the great leonine head that rolled drunkenly on the immense shoulders. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z But beware how you tempt even leonine patience, Or presume the old strength has forsaken his paw: He's proud to admit you and he are relations, But even relations may take too much law. Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z With a graceful leonine backward movement of the head he would toss the hair out of his way. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z His untrimmed beard, his bent head with its leonine mane of iron-gray hair, lent him an almost patriarchal look. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Occasionally, in the search for poetic effect, the author decidedly misses her way:— "All her being paused In resolution, as some leonine wave," etc. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z And they fought; and with leonine wrath were they met till the battle god, Thor, From his thunder-wheeled chariot rolled, making end of destruction and war. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z His thick, leonine, dark-red hair rolled over his shoulders in luxuriant masses. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z In spite of a lingering unkemptness, he was indeed a fine object to view—massive and leonine. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z He stood erect and tall, his leonine head thrown back, his eyes shining, and in his face a look the other had never seen in it before. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z A "leonine" wave is rather too much of a lion and too little of a wave. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Why, when the waves strike the shore With their strong, leonine roar, Does my soul fiercely entreat them— Rush out with rapture to meet them? City Ballads 2011-08-04T02:00:21.027Z Now, there was something almost leonine in his activity, the latent almost herculean strength he possessed being brought into play. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z He was still bearded, still rather leonine, but he was better groomed than in those days in India. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z His head was bent, and his heavy, leonine features set themselves into a sombre, tragic mask, out of which his eyes seemed to blaze. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z When Lawyer Tidwell thought that the negroes were near enough to hear everything that was said, he rose from his seat on the stile, and impressively shook his leonine mane. The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z But still his attitude was noble, picturesque, and when under excitement he was grandly leonine. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Tennyson’s leonine head realises the ideal of a great poet. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z The merest movement of the tawny, leonine head gave assent. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z And the sombre, leonine look deepened upon his face with the passing of the months. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Let the Nubian roar of power that was not leonine grow faint and die. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z In a similar vein, the ongoing debate over FDR's historic place was exemplified by talk about removing his leonine profile from the dime, and even, some Republican partisans muttered, replacing it with Reagan's. The fight that just won't die 2011-04-10T15:01:00Z His neighbour in the stalls, some years older than himself, was scarcely less correct in externals, although bearing his leonine honours much more carelessly. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z A leaden font, with figures of Our Lord, the Virgin Mary, St Martin, and the twelve Apostles, exists at Mainz; it is dated 1328 by a set of four leonine hexameters inscribed upon it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z A stubby white beard almost hid Gramps' lips and he had an aquiline nose, piercing eyes and a leonine mane of white hair. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z At this the officers knitted their brows into threatening leonine wrinkles. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z He heard her voice and turned his leonine head to snarl fiercely. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z It was a noble, leonine head, a thing of power and virility, framed with a mane of white hair. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z The streets of the modern Toronto exhibit, we believe, two leonine specimens of auro-ligneous zoology, between which the sex is announced to constitute the difference. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Then arrives a leonine old man, a philosophical patriarchal wanderer. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z As the posters declare, he is the cub of his leonine father, the flower of the Sadr family. After Cleric?s Return to Iraq, Followers Yearn for a Sighting 2011-01-07T18:43:35Z The high white forehead and the tousled brown hair, leonine in its masculinity—seemed foreign as another man's. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z He was not only leonine in his majestic bearing, but in color also, for his hue was tawny, like that of the king of beasts. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z That got him to 1 under and put him in third place, leonine and hungry, for the final round of regulation play. Opinion: Tiger?s rally a blast from the past 2010-06-20T04:51:00Z It suggests a leonine order of values from which the shambling citizen is debarred. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Photograph: Ian Smith/Action Images Paulo Sousa, singular in his espousal of a 4-3-3 formation and an increasingly leonine hair style, is becoming the very model of the one-eyed English manager. Cardiff City 2-1 Swansea City | Championship match report 2010-04-04T23:10:00Z She buried her face in his leonine coat, to hide her burning blushes. The Undying Past So she was sitting there when Albee came in with his old cheerful, dominating, leonine look. Manslaughter A sudden startled look darted across his leonine face. The Valiants of Virginia Make a note of that----" He pushed back his leonine locks from his brow, and seemed to be bracing himself for an impressive summing up-- "My friends! Regina or the Sins of the Fathers For a time the leonine constitution of which he boasted resisted the effects of his nocturnal debauches, at least so far that no traces of them were visible the following morning. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History The metre is dactylic hexameter with the leonine and tailed rhyme, each line being broken up into three parts. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes Albee, though he had been a fine-looking man once and still had a certain magnificent leonine appearance, was over fifty and showed his years. Manslaughter His head was leonine and he looked like a king who has humbled his enemy. The Valiants of Virginia He could play with the greatest delicacy and could play in the leonine fashion of Rubinstein. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists A moment later Mr. Lorimer was admitted, a big man with a leonine head, strong and rather coarse features and eyes like Toledo blades, who spoke slowly, weighing his words. A Top-Floor Idyl His grand leonine mane fascinated me as it started from the lofty forehead, and bounded Niagara-like with one leap to the nape of the neck. Fragments of an Autobiography He entered, leonine yet neat in his double-breasted blue serge with a pearl in his black tie. Manslaughter Papa Péron nodded his leonine head, bristling with its snow-white locks. The Intriguers The leonine head, surmounted by an unkempt shock of red-bronze-auburn hair. Triplanetary The leonine face looked worried, there were deep bags under his eyes; his sensitive fingers kept pounding the knees of his crumpled suit. The Brain Now Sadu rose to his feet, shook himself until the thick mane fairly flew, then placed a heavily taloned paw on his prey and turned his leonine head to look slowly about. Warrior of the Dawn "Nein," was his reply, with a shrug of the leonine shoulders. An American Girl Abroad Slade paced back and forth quickly, with a powerful leonine grace, until he found a fault in the rock. Prison of a Billion Years The rage and pain of the old convict burst out in a leonine roar, that filled the kitchen. Their Son; The Necklace There was something irresistible comic in the puzzled and worried expression of that leonine face. The Brain On board of these was Kauwealoha, one of the pastors, a fine, rugged old gentleman, of that leonine type so common in Hawaii. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The head was white-maned, leonine, with handsome florid features and sharp blue eyes. The Sensitive Man Colonel Smith had a magnificent beard sweeping down to his waist, patriarchal in all save color—it gave him a leonine aspect that might have awed even a barber. History of Morgan's Cavalry Their fists were up, and they eyed each other in a calm that had the elements of leonine cruelty in it. The Monster and Other Stories He looked more like a diplomat of the extinct old school than a scientist, with the immaculate expanse of his white tropical suit and the dignity of his leonine head. The Brain I recall faces, both of men and women, with a certain leonine stamp, trusty, sagacious, brave, beautiful in plainness: faces that take the heart captive. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) His eloquence gained little from his personal appearance, about which there was something savage, leonine, massive, but little that was refined or attractive in the usual sense of that word. Home Life of Great Authors He stood in the firelight, looking so massive, so stern, so resolved, that Mrs. Romaine lost herself for a moment in admiration of his great frame and leonine head. Brooke's Daughter A Novel In the sudden glance he threw from one to another he impressed them as being both leonine and impracticable. The Monster and Other Stories He handled the men smartly, his brutal, leonine voice being audible all over the parade-ground; yet he never permitted himself any undue licence of speech. Jena or Sedan? Her favorite exclamation was, “I must have a fresh lion,” and visitors to her apartment were always sure of beholding the latest leonine specimens landed on these shores. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 He seemed a giant in his huge great-coat, and when he removed his hat his massive head and thick neck seemed almost leonine. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 A stolid and sleepy expression will steal At times, I'm aware, o'er my leonine features; But, when the time's ripe, my opponents may feel I'm not the most easily humbugged of creatures. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890 Then I bethought myself of having him shaved in the style of poodles, in order to bring out completely his leonine appearance. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 He was a poor, crippled man, with enormous vitality and a leonine head. The Eye of Dread On the other hand groans were given with leonine force both for Morley and his master. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The upper lip, from the nose downward, is separated by a very deep line, which gives a sort of leonine firmness of expression to all the lower part of the face. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Kneeling at his side he raised the great leonine head. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana See Garibaldi: despising the restraints of law; careless of the simplest conventionalities that go to make up an honest gentleman; doing both right and wrong—like a lion; everything in him leonine. Dr. Sevier Mr. Farraday apologized, as he rumpled his leonine mane, fanned himself with his hat, and departed. Blue-grass and Broadway Rozenoffski gave a masterly start of surprise, and turned his leonine head in dazed bewilderment. Ghetto Comedies His massive chest and broad shoulders were capped by a leonine head, from which looked the imperious eyes of a born leader of men. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron His hair was long, and this gave him a somewhat leonine aspect. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer At this moment a leonine head, supported on a lumbering and ill-balanced body, was thrust in between them. Scally The Story of a Perfect Gentleman Mrs. Tiffany glanced up from her yarns at the leonine head of her husband, bent above “The History of European Morals,” opened her mouth as though to speak; thought better of it, apparently. The Readjustment The club—judged by the leonine measure of success—as a club did little for learning or literary men. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange I distinctly remember his full-bearded, leonine face, and little did we know that the fate of the Cumberland Army, or possibly of the Nation, rested upon that single man that terrible Sunday afternoon. Doctor Jones' Picnic The next day this foolish drab creature with the leonine mane, instead of going about the grazing or hunting he was made for, was prowling round the horses again. Tales of Space and Time A little more courage, a little less false modesty, a little more sincerity, and the lambs of our democratic age would all show something of that leonine splendour. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations This bodily sense of peril gave to his noble and leonine face a look of suffering and of seriousness, and of what, in his case, we may truly call godly fear, which all must remember. Spare Hours He looked as leonine as ever, and kept winking perseveringly to the Hawickers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 The native born under Leo will be of large body, broad shoulders, austere countenance, with dark eyes and tawny hair, strong voice, and leonine character, resolute and ambitious, but generous, free, and courteous. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy He was cold and funereal in his leonine strength, and his face was more like a mask than ever as he bowed and sat down in silence. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 Stephens was small, swarthy, fragile, while Toombs was leonine, full-blooded, and majestic. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage His head, which he held up as with an effort, was massive, leonine, rugged, with chops and dewlaps that hung loosely down, giving the impression of a detached and judicial attitude toward life. Frank of Freedom Hill For he imagines that in any long series of children the last will, according to all experience, have the leonine share of intellect. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 They were the finest and largest inhabitants of his wilderness, splendid creatures, with their leonine manes and huge shoulders, beasts of which any monarch might be proud. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods "Oh, buffins!" said the poor little fellow, stretching out his wasted hands to Moufflou, who submitted his leonine crest to the caress. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The white-haired man turned the last leaf and struck his clenched fist on the paper, while around his leonine mouth there was a play partly of wrath and partly of awe. The Goose Man Several embassies passed between Chioza and the capital, until, at last, the Emperor, relaxing somewhat of his pretensions, "laid aside his leonine ferocity, and put on the mildness of the lamb." The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 A look of deep affection softened for the moment the hard look on his face, as his deep-set eyes rested on the quaint figure of the man with the leonine head. "Unto Caesar" The voice of his passions was leonine, but his moral sensibility wanted delicacy. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. "Why, all the millionaires I ever saw had beautiful, leonine heads with shaggy manes of thick white hair and strong, clearly cut chins——" "That's in the movies," Nan interrupted with a chuckle. Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves Do you know that Floyd is rather of the leonine order? Floyd Grandon's Honor To this period belongs the acquisition of Florida from Spain, an acquisition carried through by purchase, but by a bargain rather leonine in character. A History of the United States These things he set upon the table, his big leonine head bent to his simple task, his small grey eyes wandering across from time to time in kindliness on his friend. "Unto Caesar" You agree with me, I suspect, that she is—or was—leonine, terrific. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story “I want to go to sea, father,” said he one evening after tea, looking in his father’s face with much more of the leonine gaze than the father had bargained for. Sunk at Sea The Frenchman's leonine countenance took on a hostile expression. Sacrifice But with beer to be gained by boldness, Ichabod was leonine in courage. Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray In the meanwhile the man with the leonine head had closed the door on the little party. "Unto Caesar" "A leonine partnership" as the lawyers call it, that is to say, a partnership in which one party takes the lion's share of the spoil, is a very satisfactory arrangement for the lion. Bulgaria Fortunately for humanity, that contests with the aboriginal beasts a possession of this part of the earth, the leonine fathers frequently devour their cubs, else the earth would be overrun with the lions. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman The old leonine fellow was transfigured, as though by megalomania. Sacrifice His hair was tumbled over his head in a leonine mass. The Genius Later, Paderewski came from Warsaw, his art sacrificed on the altar of patriotism, leonine in appearance, but surprisingly untemperamental in diplomatic negotiation. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. But one wants to be sure before attempting to enforce leonine arrangements that one is the lion. Bulgaria In playfulness Mr. Arnold perhaps surpasses the Doctor, but then the latter’s playfulness is always leonine, whilst Mr. Arnold’s is surely, sometimes, just a trifle kittenish. Obiter Dicta Second Series Jack Molloy, who saw the cruel act, lost all control of himself, uttered one of his leonine roars, sprang into the middle of the road, and seized the reins of the Mahdi’s horse. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan Little Tim followed suit almost as vigorously, accompanying his action with a leonine roar. The Prairie Chief Perhaps he felt confident in the keen edge of his Damascene scimitar, and in the power of his arm to lop off even leonine heads. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale Tavish uttered another low, menacing growl of a very leonine nature, and his eyes were flashing, but they softened into a smile as they encountered those of Max. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai Or was it the complacent man with the expansive presence and leonine head, who smoked a big cigar and was exchanging a few effusive farewells with a small group of fellow-voyagers? Roger Ingleton, Minor His studious habits are shown by his rounded shoulders, and his grizzled long hair, beard, and moustache impart a leonine character to his features. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis In health he looked authoritative, leonine, very sure of himself, piercingly observant, sometimes melancholy, but not anxious. The Call of the Blood Rev. Dr. Burton swung his leonine head around, focussed me with his eye, and said: "When was it that this happened?" Chapters from My Autobiography A leonine head of shaggy white hair crowns the whole. The Statesmen Snowbound With a leonine roar and a succeeding clatter of empty cylinders, an immense racing-car stopped at the gate below. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail His forehead was high and broad, and his thick black hair, perfectly straight and glossy, and without any division, rolled back from it in a leonine manner. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) A clamorous parrot trolled a bar or two of ‘Un Mari Sage’ overhead, and a shaggy poodle lay couched in leonine fashion at her feet, munching a handsome though fractured fan. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Then they were at home; and the old man met them at the front door, glowering at them angrily from out his old leonine eyes, because the roast beef was already roasted. Can You Forgive Her? His leonine spirit, exemplary steadfastness, notable record of services enriched annals of closing period of Heroic Age and opening phase of Formative Age of Bahá’í Dispensation. Citadel of Faith They are believed to represent lions, but their faces are not leonine—they are a reproduction, exaggerated, of the characteristic features of the bulldog of Western China. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Margaret," said the Major, getting up and throwing back his leonine head, "you are enough to inspire me with strength—you always have. An Arkansas Planter With full square beard, iron grey hair, massive countenance, there was something leonine about Marshall Sothern. Wolf Breed And this race of ours has therefore often, patient as it is, flamed out into occasional leonine wrath. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The grandfather was much like the grandson, and—though she vowed to like him the less for it—was in his statuesque, leonine way quite the handsomest man she had ever looked on. Man to Man The fervour of her devotion belonged to him more truly than the leonine power which he unsuccessfully attempted to express in his large figure of S. Mark. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series His leonine head was surmounted with a dazzling covering that was neither a crown, a mitre, nor a turban, but partook of the nature of all three. The Mark of the Beast Startled by the weaver's entrance, he raised his head, and his rugged leonine face, red with wrath, glared out of the thicket of his plaid upon the intruder. Alec Forbes of Howglen "That hinge in your back rusty again, Dabney?" questioned the parson, with leonine mildness. The Heart's Kingdom We next come upon them in their New York hotel: I found, with Mrs. Chesterton at the Biltmore, this big, gentle, leonine man of letters six feet of him and 200 odd lbs. Gilbert Keith Chesterton There was something leonine in his movement, something leonine in his snarl as he fell on her. Never-Fail Blake When he rose from his seat on the Cross-bench, and advanced towards the table, with a fine gesture of his leonine head, sympathy was always mingled with respect. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters The most notable features of a striking face were the tawny leonine eyes, which could be fierce, which could be pensive and which were often kindly. The Golden Scorpion Physically, his voice became soft and mellow; his hands became full of emphasis; his body grew less and less clumsy, more and more leonine. Parrot & Co. In defining 'lion' we must not repeat 'lion,' nor use 'leonine'; it would elucidate nothing. Logic Deductive and Inductive But Donatello is saved by his tact; he was ostensibly making the portrait of a lion; though he gives none of its features, he gives us all the chief leonine characteristics. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Derry had a whimsical sense of the meeting of the white cat and this leonine gentleman—would she purr or scratch? The Tin Soldier Rhyme invaded the hexameter, and the best verses of the medieval period in that measure were leonine. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse In after years he never failed to ask after "our leonine friend, Mr. Shaw." Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Possibly the allusion may be to the lion marin, as the French call the leonine seal. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. V. (of V.) The beast protested, filling the hollow of the night with a complaint that at last became almost leonine; then suddenly rose up, was silent, and started off at a striding trot. Bella Donna A Novel After it has fully developed the dejected countenance of the leper, with his leonine expression and general appearance is highly characteristic. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada It is written in rhyming or leonine hexameters, and is remarkable for its quaint play on names, conceived and executed in a truly medieval taste. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Like the younger generation, he was clean shaven; hence there was no mask for the deeply graven lines of determination about the mouth and along the angle of the strong, leonine jaw. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush There was something almost leonine in her attitude, in her silence, as she fastened the red masses. What Necessity Knows How delightful it is, after the arid methods of the modern critics, bred up on Benedetto Croce, to hear the old authentic leonine ecstasy of Sala, "monarch of the florid quill!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20 The purr of the motor deepened to a leonine growl. The Day of Days An Extravaganza We were all busy at this, when a head again appeared over the hedge—a big, leonine head with a tossing mane and a tameless beard. A Woman Named Smith He sat with his leonine eyes fixed upon young America in the person of Douglas. Children of the Market Place Urged by the perverse course of time they fell upon that vast concourse, frightening it with loud leonine shouts and desirous of slaughter. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 The noise of diverse musical instrument arose then, O king, and the leonine shouts of brave warriors rent the sky. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 And he was possessed of leonine eyes and shoulders like those of a bull. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Not the helm Of wounded ARTHUR, lit by light that fills Avilion's fair horizons, gleamed more bright Than does that leonine laurelled visage now, Fronting with steadfast look that mystic Light. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892 He stands six feet and an inch, his back his broad, his step springy; he carries his head erect on his massive shoulders with a leonine air of good-humoured defiance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 8, 1892 The heroes of the Bhoja, the Andhaka, and the Vrishni races, O Brahmana, who were all endued with high souls, great might, and leonine pride, have slaughtered one another in battle. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Then thy warriors, O king, rushed towards Dhrishtadyumna, uttering loud leonine roars. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 And filling the ten sides with loud leonine roars and rushing at those Gandharvas that had been guarding the gates, they entered the forest. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Words with a long i, if they came early through France, shorten the vowel, as 'doctrine', 'discipline', 'medicine', and 'masculine', while 'genuine', though a later word, followed them, but 'anserine' and 'leonine' did not. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin What a leonine authority in the roar of their opinions! Prose Fancies The citizens, learning of the birth of the prince, uttered a leonine shout. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Those mighty bowmen are uttering leonine roars, blowing their conchs, and shaking their bows. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Prominent among the visitors was the leonine General Lee, a Colossus in person and in mind. The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl If, on the contrary, you are a lie, still greater the insult to leonine majesty, in forcing me for so many, many years to keep such bad company. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 The head, with leonine locks of hair and thickly rolling beard, expresses power, the broad brow and fixed gaze of the eyes, wisdom; while the sweet smile of the lips indicates goodness. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Every phrase indicating leonine strength was noted down. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 They then, O king, repeatedly uttered leonine roars. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 But in this kind of diplomacy he was certainly not logical, for as soon as his leonine nature was aroused by some piece of news, he would determine impulsively to start for Erfurt or Wittenberg. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 The massive head, the fine face, the rugged sense and leonine strength in face and figure, lent force to a criticism of extraordinary effectiveness on the attacks levelled against the Bill. Sketches in the House (1893) Pakenham looked from the one to the other, from the thin, vulpine face to the thin, leonine one. 54-40 or Fight From his place beside the sociological bookcase—perhaps faunal naturalists can tell us why—the great pleasure-dog Behemoth, whose presence they had both forgotten, raised his leonine head and gave a sharp, joyous bark. Queed Loud leonine shouts arose as the two hosts encountered each other, O monarch, making death their goal. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 "I have not noticed anything especially leonine about Mr. Seaforth," she said. Alton of Somasco But the leonine threat did not hinder the devotion of Daniel, the Coeur-de-Lion of the ages. New Tabernacle Sermons He was accompanied by the regimental surgeon, Major Bouroche, a large man with a leonine face They were conversing in broken, unfinished sentences, whisperingly, such a conversation as we sometimes hear in dreams. The Downfall These include the leonine seal of the Southern Ocean, the Cape porpoise and dolphin, and the long-beaked dolphin of the Ganges. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Hear, O son of Pandu, the diverse leonine roars coming from every side. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 At least, this is the arresting pronouncement delivered with much robust eloquence by my leonine friend, Colonel Bludgeon. Walking-Stick Papers Favored by great strength and a leonine courage, Antar soon passed from the duties of a keeper of camels to those of a first-class fighting man. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Above the broad expanse of, as yet, unspotted white, his blazing, leonine eyes and enormous head, with shock of harsh, bristling hair, seemed to exhale energy and determination. The Downfall That supposes no extraordinary merit in the lectures, and only regards you in your leonine aspect. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Seeing those two car-warriors engaged with each other, O Bharata, all the kings uttered leonine shouts and cheered them repeatedly with applause. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 There was something leonine about him at the moment, something of the primitive animal roused from its lair and scenting danger. Greatheart Douglas's countenance, on the other hand, was leonine and full of expression. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights Man's long bristling hair and beard give his face a leonine appearance. Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev Thus with his wonderful leonine look and large, dark eyes, and with the growing fame which he had won, Mr. Webster betook himself to Portsmouth. Daniel Webster Then thy troops, regarding the victory to be already theirs, clapped furiously and uttered loud leonine roars. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 This high approbation inspired me with leonine courage, and I set to work again in earnest, so that in 1833 the work was ready for publication. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 But let her, instantly drawing her fiery eye from the robber, stop, and for the infuriated roar utter a growl of leonine tenderness over her recovered cub, and our sympathy leaps towards her. Essays Æsthetical He shook his head, which was what his friends called "leonine." Running Water And what animal-painter has given more of the leonine wrath in mane and tail and fixed wide eyes than Browning has conveyed into his lion of King Francis with three strokes of the brush? Robert Browning Many celestial voices were heard, and celestial flowers were showered upon Krishna, and leonine shouts also were uttered. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Procter and he were in the same Commission, and were on excellent terms, the younger officer always regarding the elder with a kind of leonine deference. Yesterdays with Authors A black-browed man with a shaggy beard and something leonine about him, seemed the master of the chief of this godless band. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts He sat there looking at her, his white hair falling over his leonine head and neck, over his clear mournful eyes. The Mettle of the Pasture It was smothered and then redoubled by the reverberations of the cañon, so that sometimes it seemed the tigerish snarl of a rapid, and sometimes the leonine roar of a cataract. Overland The Pancalas then blew and beat innumerable conchs and drums and uttered leonine roars. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Then that celestial youth pierced with arrows the Kuru army consisting of leonine warriors. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva The musician looked lovingly at the plaster bust which faced the room from one corner, with its leonine brows and the diffident eyes of a deaf person. The Shadow of the Cathedral He had speculated somewhat on the leonine nature of Tottleben's character. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel It seemed as if the mediocre talents of the Minister of Finance had flamed into genius in this leonine creature who was as much her mother's inferior in looks as her father's superior in intelligence. Calvert of Strathore The whiz of arrows and other noises, the loud leonine roars, and the blare of conchs of heroic warriors, became tremendous. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 I shall certainly exterminate the fierce Dhartarashtra-forest though protected by many leonine warriors. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva "We are rascals all, in comparison with them!" he shouted, waving his arms and snaking his leonine mane. Without Dogma At his right hand, half in shadow, there showed the bold outlines of a leonine head set upon broad shoulders. The Purchase Price In like manner the warriors are fiery with bestial impulses—leonine fury, wolfish ferocity, fox-like cunning. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Hear those diverse leonine roars that are so awful and loud! The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Francis was a huge, leonine man; he rose now to his full height, as a cat rises. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, warm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian. Adam Bede She thought she noted an air of submission about her leonine Pete. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets Siena in her hour of need dedicated herself to Madonna; Florence in the hour of her regeneration gave herself to Christ; Venice remained under the ensign of the leonine S. Mark. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts When friends were seen to accomplish the most difficult feats, friends, filled with delight, uttered leonine shouts that seemed to reach the very heavens. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 His heavy brows completed the leonine suggestion of his face. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories He would have looked merely blonde and leonine, but his blue eyes were sunk so deep in his face that they looked black. The Innocence of Father Brown "Ay—of course—to be sure," he replied in his leonine way. The Mayor of Casterbridge He was of great stature; he had a leonine head, a leonine face, a rough voice, and an eye which was sometimes a pirate's and sometimes a woman's, according to the mood. The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories Rushing, therefore, at him, with a loud leonine roar, he fiercely hurled his mace at the thighs of the Kuru king as the latter had jumped up for baffling the first aim. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 How proudly he stalks from room to room, stately, silent, leonine, majestic. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 Raffles paused, cigarette between fingers, in a leonine perambulation of his cage; and his smile was a sufficient affirmative. Mr. Justice Raffles He stood up and made a few paces to and fro, his hands locked behind him and his leonine head fallen low. Harrigan Wolfish rapacity, leonine ferocity, leopardish treachery, gave way before the meekness and mildness of the calf or kid. Stories Worth Rereading The installation over, O monarch, Ashvatthama embraced that best of kings and left the spot, having caused the ten points to resound with his leonine roars. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Enjolras, who was much the handsomest of the three, was remarkable for his broad, leonine head and full whiskers, strong shoulders, and a superb feathery tail. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Even his own light-brown hair, faintly streaked with grey, which he wore rather long, had something of a leonine air. The Lovels of Arden He reminded her that she had once gathered his head in her arms, caressed his leonine graces, and cried out, "Graham, I do like you!" Villette The other, or the leonine blonde, has an opaline fire in her clear eye, which the brunette can hardly match with her quick, glittering glances. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Gladdening the people around with their loud roars and the slaps on their armpits and the whizz of the arrows, they continued to utter leonine shouts. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 He answered the blow of the bull's head with a roar thunderously different from his late sleepy leonine sigh. A Rough Shaking The reason is disputed; some invoke the presence of the Queen of the Cats, others the leonine rumbling of the re-echoed thunder. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Miss Hart shook her leonine mane and laid her finger on her lip in an arch and playful manner. The Far Horizon "Entirely," said the Great Actor, throwing his leonine head forward again. Frenzied Fiction Beholding those two engaged in dreadful combat, all the great car-warriors uttered leonine shouts and waved their garments. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Benedetto tried again to free his feet from the serpents, and again the leonine voice of the thunder threatened him. The Saint There is a similar beach to the north-east, with admirable bathing in the tepid, brackish waves and a fine view of the long leonine Sierra. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I The stern old father with his leonine head and huge eyebrows impressed one by his earnestness and perspicacity, somewhat shut off from the world as he was by hereditary deafness. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth "Machinery!" exclaimed the Great Actor, with a leonine laugh. Frenzied Fiction Beholding the prowess of their king, on the other hand, O monarch, amongst the Pandavas, leonine roars and shouts and confused cries of joy arose. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 These halcyon eyes, in leonine head with pointed beard and flowing locks, had oft peered through gloom of my nocturnal reveries, holding a promise I had not fully understood. Autobiography of a Yogi In other respects they were very unlike carriage animals, for they had tails reaching to the ground, like funeral horses, and immense black leonine manes, which gave them a strikingly bold and somewhat formidable appearance. A Crystal Age And to what depths of leonine lust and crime A cruel man may go, Scattering fear, ruin, woe, Witness fierce Nero and Caligula! Home Lyrics Longfellow had a leonine face, but it was that of a very mild lion; one that had never learned the use of teeth and claws. Cambridge Sketches At this the blare of conchs, and the peal of drums, and the sound of diverse musical instruments, and loud leonine shouts, arose there. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 And then he would break off with an angry toss of his leonine head; but the accents of immeasurable scorn filled the hiatus in his speech. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 The Chevalier de Chaumont walked at his side, and young nobles surrounded him, gorgeous in lace and ribbons, and majestic in leonine wigs. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present He has the same leonine look that distinguished the famous English iconoclast, Charles Bradlaugh. The Grip of Desire March came in with its most leonine aspect, howling and blustering; north-east winds shrieking along the gorges and wailing from height to height. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Seeing such wonderful feats in battle, the combatants uttered leonine roars. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Sir Stephen paced up and done, his hands clenched behind him; his fine leonine head bent; then he stopped in front of the chair, and frowned down into the scowling face. At Love's Cost Jean Poquelin was of short, broad frame, with a bronzed leonine face. Old Creole Days It would have been insolence in another man; in Lord Nick it was rather leonine. Gunman's Reckoning A fortnight later the leonine letter-box was actually placed in position at Button's, and, after doing service there for some years, was used by Dr. Hill when editing the Inspector. Inns and Taverns of Old London With those leonine shouts and slaps on armpits and other loud cries and roars of brave warriors, tremendous became the noise there on the occasion of that encounter between Karna and Arjuna. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 A treatise on the preservation of health in leonine verse for popular use, said to be addressed to Robert of England. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus You know what 'leonine' verses are; or, if you do not, it is very easy to explain. On the Study of Words Nature seemed to have tried her hand at a caricature, and had placed upon this diminutive body a leonine head. Princess Maritza At length I ruffled my long hair to a leonine mane, and seated myself at the piano. Without Prejudice Both possessed of leonine necks and long arms, the eyes of both were red, and both were adorned with garlands of gold. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Could this gray, lean, shuffling creature be the leonine, despotic Tom Braddock of other days? The Rose in the Ring Small wonder, then, that he laid his leonine head upon his desk and wept, silently, as the aged and helpless weep. The Valley of the Giants His magnificent old shoulders had drooped, his walk was shuffling, and even the leonine spirit of his bushy brows and deep-set eyes seemed to have lost something of its old fire. The Heart of the Hills The man on the boulder was a tall, slightly-built young fellow, apparently about thirty years of age, with leonine masses of reddish-coloured hair, and a short, stubbly beard of the same tint. Madame Midas Then thy warriors, thinking that Karna had won the victory, clapped loudly and uttered leonine roars. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 In their leonine society the sword is the greater administrator of law. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 He passed his gnarled hand over his leonine head. The Valley of the Giants Plato the leonine, waved his plumy tail responsively and gently rubbed his great head against her arm. God's Good Man His long blond hair, touched with its premature gray, was still windblown from his rush out into the night, giving to his head a touch of leonine strength as he faced her father. God's Country—And the Woman After Shalya had been invested with the command, loud leonine roars arose among thy troops and diverse musical instruments also, O Bharata, were beat and blown. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Bartema well describes his colour as a “dark leonine”; it varies from the deepest Spanish to a chocolate hue, and its varieties are attributed by the people to blood. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Still receiving no response, Bryce lifted the leonine old head and gazed into his father's face. The Valley of the Giants The predominant expression is one of gentleness and benevolence, but the lofty brow, transversely furrowed, tells of thought and will, and the leonine hair of strength. A History of Greek Art His vein is King Cambyses'; he tears passion to tatters; he roars leonine; he is your man to have at the pamper'd jades of Asia! Demos At that time the blare of thousands of conchs and trumpets and loud leonine roars arose there, enhancing the delight of heroes. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 He looked quite broken down, and grief had aged his leonine features to an appalling extent. The Malady of the Century A gentle, prescient smile fringed his old mouth; he wagged his leonine head as if to say: "Why should I ask, when I know?" The Valley of the Giants One leonine voice roared distinctly, high above the noise. Alice of Old Vincennes A little maid might well have some apprehension in facing him, for Mr. Wyvern was of vast proportions and leonine in aspect. Demos Causing their arrows to whiz loudly and making diverse other kinds of noise mingled with the blare of their conchs, those effectual smiters possessed of sureness of aim, shaking their bows, uttered leonine roars. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Good people," said the leonine siren, "pardon the irascibility of this young man. Prince Eugene and His Times The leonine old man smiled, and his smile had all the sweetness of a benediction. The Valley of the Giants As he was ushered into the room he gazed about him in a brave, leonine way. The Titan There was a leonine purring in the question. The Metal Monster The warriors uttered leonine roars, O bull of Bharata's race, and shouted loudly. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 "Gone to a better billet"—and the leonine voice deepened to hoarseness. Such Is Life The Seraph gave a leonine growl, sighed, and acquiesced. Under Two Flags To the look of provocation and defiance which she flung him for the fraction of a second he returned a curiously leonine glare which went over her like a dash of cold water. The Titan This hunter was physically a wonderful specimen of manhood, with something leonine about his stature. The Man of the Forest And among the assembled denizens of heaven there arose a leonine roar. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The old man emitted a huge, leonine sigh. Barchester Towers The Jew quailed under the fierce flashing of those leonine eyes. Under Two Flags The other, or the leonine blonde, has an opaline fire in her clear eye, which the brunette can hardly match with her quick glittering glances. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works No man was safe also who did not give his face a leonine aspect by wearing a mustache and sidewhiskers—emblems, the one of "federalism," and the other of "independence." Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors Then Satyasena filled with rage, hurled a formidable lance in that battle aiming at Krishna and uttered a leonine roar. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 He sat a little bent forward, the lines held carelessly in his hands, his great leonine head swaying to and fro with the movement of the buggy. Main-Travelled Roads And in a leonine voice he cries defiantly: "Let the storm rage with greater force and fury!" The Man Who Was Afraid The old man emitted a huge leonine sigh. Barchester Towers Save wine and women, nothing might assuage His high intent in arms and labour, So was he full of leonine courage. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems The sound also of diverse musical instruments and the noise made by elephants and steeds and cars, and the leonine shouts of heroes, that arose there, became exceedingly awful. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Mr. Airlie had lunched the day before with a leonine old gentleman who every Sunday morning thundered forth Social Democracy to enthusiastic multitudes on Tower Hill. All Roads Lead to Calvary But Rothenburg had no orders; nay, had orders Not to get into fighting;—nor had Friedrich himself, in this his first Battle, learned that feline or leonine promptitude of spring which he subsequently manifested. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 In addition to this, the tombs of the Doges in the fourteenth century bore short inscriptions in prose, recording merely facts, and beside them turgid hexameters or leonine verses. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy A massive head, with tawny, leonine eyes; indeed, altogether a leonine face, and a frame indicative of tremendous nervous energy. The Yellow Claw Bhima, however, could not bear that leonine roar of his foes endued with great activity. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Very upright, white-haired, leonine, heroic in his absorbed quietness, he felt in the pocket of his red shirt for the spectacles given him by Dona Emilia. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard He sported a leonine head with a greyish-black mane of oddly unappetising hair brushed back from a broad but low forehead. Crome Yellow While I was that form of bone and flesh that my mother gave me, my works were not leonine, but of the fox. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell In the leonine eyes looking into hers gleamed the light of admiration and approval. The Yellow Claw Rallying his host, O king, Shalya stood fearlessly in battle, uttering loud leonine roars and causing his bow to twang fiercely. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Then the tension of old Giorgio's attitude relaxed, and a smile of contemptuous relief came upon his lips of an old fighter with a leonine face. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard He found himself confronted by one of the largest men he had ever seen, a leonine face, vaguely familiar. The Seventh Man The love of a mother for her children is dominant, leonine, selfish, and unselfish. The Financier, a novel Basil, who had remained throughout the proceedings in a state of Napoleonic calm, which might be more accurately described as a state of Napoleonic stupidity, suddenly lifted his leonine head. The Club of Queer Trades With a couple of other arrows, O Bharata, he cut off the Sataghni sped at him by the king, in the very sight of the sons of Pandu, and uttered a loud leonine roar. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Also his yellow beard and hair were more unkempt and leonine than when they appeared long afterwards, cut and pointed, on the lawns of Saffron Park. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare When her eyes moved they only fell on the gaunt, intent face of Buck or the leonine head of Haines. The Seventh Man Virgo is the reaction of the leonine force, and is, consequently, a feminine symbol. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 Then follows a leonine treaty between the bank and the Government. Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte With quivers on their backs and bows in their hands, all of them shook their bows and uttered leonine roars. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 At that leonine start the police caught at their pistols under cover of the general clamor. Father Goriot His person strengthened, and his bearing grew majestically leonine. Taras Bulba and Other Tales Great sensibility lay in him, too; a real sympathy, and affectionate pity and softness, which he had an over-tendency to express even by tears,—a singular sight in so leonine a man. Life of John Sterling The gaudy leonine sunflowerHangs black and barren on its stalk,And down the windy garden walkThe dead leaves scatter,—hour by hour. Ballad of Reading Gaol All the points of the compass were filled with the blare of conchs and the loud peals of drums and the leonine roars of heroes. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The gaudy leonine sunflower Hangs black and barren on its stalk, And down the windy garden walk The dead leaves scatter, - hour by hour. 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