| 单词 | ravening |
| 例句 | Martin admitted he didn’t know the meanings of gainsay and ravening. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This time they came from the Bible, through which she made desultory progress: gainsay, ravening, hoar. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Once outside the godswood the cold descended on him like a ravening wolf and caught him in its teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But Mack knew that some kind of organization was necessary particularly among such a group of ravening individualists. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Long had it been forging in the dark smithies of Mordor, and its hideous head, founded of black steel, was shaped in the likeness of a ravening wolf; on it spells of ruin lay. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He thrust me back into the ravening stream. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “A ravening wolf carried her off. A sudden sickness took her. Tell them what you will, but never speak of dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even the weathers had grown milder, and the wolves that had once come ravening out of the North in bitter white winters were now only a grandfather’s tale. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We stared at it, as if expecting it to spilt open and disgorge a few ravening werewolves. Young arts critics competition 2010: the winning entries 2010-10-20T22:00:00Z The Prada backstage aphorisms are generally treated as manna from heaven by the ravening style hordes, and Mr. Zambernardi was doing his game best to channel her spirit: “She became obsessed.” At Prada, Reinventing the Power Suit 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z But what makes this “Ubu Roi” more than a clever riff on a period piece is its sense of the raw, ravening anger in the boy’s satirical vision. Review: ‘Ubu Roi,’ Mom and Dad’s Party of Grown-Up Grotesques 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The ceremony ends and we throng outside, ravening. My Baftas adventure: Dev Patel, liquid diabetes and clapping injuries 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Hitler is often drawn as a ravening wolf. A Graphic Nonfiction Account of Hitler’s Would-Be Assassin 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z “Always a ravening inside, a pull to the bed, to lie down, to succumb.” Tillie Olsen Captured the Toll of Women’s Labor — on Their Lives and Art 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The Eumenides, “the Kindly Ones,” are also the ravening Furies. Review | For Stieg Larsson fans, a new voice — and an even darker side of Sweden 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z However, he became sickened by the spectacle of power-mad thugs triumphantly holding up by the hair the severed heads of the guillotined aristocrats, to the cheers of ravening crowds of bloodthirsty yeehaws with bad teeth. Perspective | Trump says he’s the victim of a witch hunt. These politicians were treated worse. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z It was like watching a seal pup being torn to shreds by a ravening shark. The eye surgery I never should have seen 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z Within its isolated, frugally furnished walls, dozens of innocent campers have been variously subjected to flesh-eating viruses, ravening cannibals or unwisely resurrected demons, all providing ample excuse for flaying and freaking out. Review: Deep in the Woods, Something ‘Feral’ Stirs 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z It’s a beautiful, unthreatening creature because in this movie — as in “The Night of the Hunter,” which references “ravening wolves” in sheep’s clothing — the gravest menace is people. One Indelible Scene: A Donkey’s Escape in ‘EO’ 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z This fatalism, which exists in contrast to Jones’s uncommon openness and aesthetic ravening, is wrenching. Saeed Jones’s Striking Memoir About Race, Sex, and Self-Invention 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He was also a proto-Edward Cullen: if you couldn’t handle him at his ravening demon, you didn’t deserve him at his sparkly valentine. Are Vampires Cancelled? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z If you believe he's the second coming, mind your Matthew 7:15: "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." Donald Trump's thrill ride is nearly over — but the media refuses to let go 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z He avoided opportunities to address the ravening reporters. On ‘historic’ day, news media scrambled to find something to show us 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Welcome to Raccoon City is a gory mess of dismemberment, accidental self-immolation, and ravening zombie mobs, and its survivors seem moderately irritated by these developments at best. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is a feature-length fan film 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Britain’s ravening tabloids have been a bit more circumspect than usual about Harry’s return. Britain watches, wonders: Will brother princes make peace while grieving grandfather's death? 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z “But I recall that Matthew’s Gospel teaches us to ‘beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. Black Liberty University alums rebuke Jerry Falwell after blackface tweet, threaten to pull funds 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z “But I recall that Matthew’s gospel teaches us to ‘beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. Black Liberty U. alums rebuke Falwell after blackface tweet 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The cat was big, but the desert dogs were bigger, and the cat would have had no chance against a ravening pack. The Strangeness of Grief 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z In the battle over football and brain health, Dr. Camarillo portrays himself as occupying the sensible center, an agnostic caught between ravening ideologues. This Helmet Will Save Football. Actually, Probably Not. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Look closely at the NCAA’s verbiage and you will find buried in it some key phrases that show just how desperate its leaders are to delay, and to hang on to its ravening economic system. Perspective | Don’t be fooled by empty rhetoric: The NCAA isn’t going to change voluntarily 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z She is a dazzling, ravening ego on legs: her signature song is called Look at Me and repeats the phrase ad absurdum. 'I want everyone to pay attention to me!' Meet Catherine Cohen, comedy's peak millennial 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z That’s when the loss undoubtedly occurred: in the course of scrambling together our stuff—coats, kids’ books, credit-card receipt, earbuds, scarves, bags, phones, an umbrella—and then hurrying through the rainy and ravening night. “The First World” 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The series shifts to Oakland, Calif., and its ravening crowd for Game 3. Rockets vs. Warriors: The Dead Live Again in Houston 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z First, by almost single handedly keeping the ravening media beast fed, he creates space for other elephants to make their way through the primary jungle. How Trump Helps 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z A military to defend us from the ravening Canadian hordes, a criminal justice system to protect us from crime, a Constitution to protect us from politicians. Senator Warren's Latest Pharmaceutical Idea; Does She Actually Understand What A Public Good Is? 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z No, not Ebola but the fever known as ravening fear, which, as always, is fueled by rumor and agitation. Roundup of Arkansas editorials 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z That the age of universal popularity of the nylon-haired, doe-eyed, plastic embodiment of body fascism, that icon of mindless consumption and ravening materialism, promulgator of female passivity and aggravator of vanity is over at last? Who is this American Girl who is outselling Barbie? 2013-07-21T17:30:00Z So when the Apple iPad arrived they fell upon it like ravening wolves. Lessons the tech world learned in 2012 2012-12-30T00:05:06Z Prone to shiver over a ravening Murdoch or the 's spreading tentacles? Without print news gathering, fighting over media plurality is academic 2012-07-07T23:05:58Z Daunt said it was a "truly exciting prospect" to welcome a ravening tiger into his living room. Waterstones kindle a deal for destruction with Amazon 2012-05-21T10:41:59Z The ravening wolves, O Lord, have gained admittance to thy flock, for the shepherds are few. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Jeremiah Why do you awaken the ravening beast with your shouts. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z The Evil Spirit, furious that you have consecrated yourself forever to the Lord, is prowling around you like a ravening wolf and making a last effort to obtain possession of you. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Instead of the full, pulpy feeling of youth tasting existence and every object in it, all is flat and vapid,—a whited sepulchre, fair without but full of ravening and all uncleanness within. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z But against the solid walls and oak-barred door of the house the wave beat, only to fall back again, a broken, seething mass of brandished arms and ravening faces. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z They had already hacked each other's swords to pieces, had grasped the banner, the object of the struggle, with both hands, and were tearing away at it with ravening wrath. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z The mar�chal laughed till his round red face was blue, for these disinterested persons oozed with ravening greed. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Stung to the quick--torn by ravening passions, evil both--the abb� bowed mechanically, and, scowling, left the room. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z In what land do the powerless turn the beak Of ravening Sorrow, or the hand of Wrath? Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z Turned out into space among the ravening wolves without, or kept in the gilded cage to be slowly done to death? The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z He did not feel that the sight of Harold's ravening after his breakfast would induce in him the right mood for Joan of Arc. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Huddled in folds they listened with wide eyes while the shepherds told of ravening wolves. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z If he went to the help of the hunted man, he might, more than probably, himself be pulled down and devoured by the ravening pack. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The men, as they emerged into view laden with food, were greeted with a loud shout, and the hungry wretches fell on the provisions they brought like ravening wolves. 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 Mighty courage she has—a frail figure, barriers closing up behind her to shut forever the easy paths of maidenhood; hill and valley stretching limitless before, where lie lurking heaven knows what ravening monsters. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z That would be too great a tax on your ravening young appetites, wouldn’t it? The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Then table and food would disappear and also the ravening hunger. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z Or how long would those ravening watchers remain obedient to the authority that denied their hunger relief? Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The English Episcopalians in Scotland, and the Cromwellian Puritans in Ireland, showed more of the ravening wolf in their actions than of the amiable shepherd, who "gently leads" the weak ones of his flock. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z A few came whirling and swooping after them with greedy eyes and ravening beaks. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z The girls turned sick as they watched the ravening gluttony of the men, and withdrew their eyes. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z The hordes of ravening ants resolved themselves, as I have said, into five distinct columns of traffic which, inch by inch, fought for a footing up three of the four sides. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z They advanced not like men, but like a flock of ravening birds which having wind of a battle from afar, fly to outstrip the tempest. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z In an incredibly short time had come the tidings of his death, and what with her crushing sense of irreparable loss and her ravening conscience all the world changed its colors from gay to dun. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Last night he had thrown a sop to the ravening, hungry beast, but that, so he now swore to himself, should not happen again. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z He stood as she had left him, gazing after her with ravening eyes. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z With the thoughts of that poor lamb in the clutches of those ravening wolves, my heart says, Go—go at once, and strike to save her. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z They were like a mighty flock of ravening birds which had smelled blood in the distance. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Accursed was the hour when he came beneath my roof, like a treacherous fox and a ravening wolf, to betray and to destroy! Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z And the Lord said onto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening wickedness. Ludicrous Aspects Of Christianity A Response To The Challenge Of The Bishop Of Manchester 2011-07-22T02:00:20.277Z But primarily the parable is simply an adaptation of Ezekiel's famous indictment of the hireling shepherds of Israel, who had first exploited Jehovah's flock, and then abandoned it to the ravening of wild beasts. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z Alas! the pack is after them again; “Satan-face” is first, as before, and ravening for more. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I see that you are set all in a rage like a ravening wolf against the poor lambs of Christ appointed to the slaughter for the testimony of the truth. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z It's a woman's business to look after her husband, to throw herself into his occupations, and rescue him from the ravening lions that run up and down in the earth. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z But, beyond the gruesome cry of ravening beasts and the shriek of the gale, there came no sound, nothing to tell of the presence or movements of man more savage, more merciless than they. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Foxes before the quarry was run down, they are now ravening wolves. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z Top bold it grows In the neglect of its appointed foes, The modern Fenris-wolf whose ravening maw Needs muzzling with the Gleipner-chain of Law. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 2011-06-29T02:00:26.507Z There must be no pause, no rest, or the ravening pack would fall on him and rend him. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Each thinks himself a man of marvellous originality; yet, with a ravening appetite for novelty, he cannot walk a footstep from the beaten track. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z And the ghostly hooting of owls, and the shrill barking of foxes, in the dark pine forest mingled with the ravening howl of the wolves in ceaseless chorus from the frozen and wind-swept slopes. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z On they came, flushed with success, ravening for human blood. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Save me these rhapsodies, friend," returned the captain; "those heavenly qualities to which you direct my lover-like regards, but whet my appetite like that of the ravening wolf. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z They remembered her pretty face, her delicious woman's figure, and instantly they became ravening brutes, fired with a mad desire to possess themselves of her. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z As he beheld her thus, ravening emotion devoured his strength. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z Poppy ate and drank ravening, then lay back and cried weakly, the big hot tears washing white streaks down her cheeks. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z She calls the press a ravening beast with a 24-hour appetite that can "chew you up, and spew you up". In the public eye 2011-05-15T02:33:24Z They turn from gentle, kindly human beings into relentless, ravening wolves, each intent upon the thought of devouring the other. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z As well might I essay to win, by words, The ravening tiger to relax his hold, When the first taste of blood is on his tongue, As these to mitigate the maiden's doom. Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z What traitorous wolf ravening for blood was he Who thus debarred us twain from kind return To concord sweet and sweet tranquillity, Sweet kisses, and sweet tears of souls that yearn? Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Call her a witness with a ravening horde of reporters gasping for scandal. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z He rose swiftly in the air and met the ravening creature in a fierce battle in the clouds. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The Times' effort to charge online has begun to be treated like the Helm's Deep of journalism: a last, best stand by the forces of light against the ravening hordes of aggregation and bankruptcy. The New York Times Paywall is Here. Will You Abide? 2011-03-28T07:50:00Z And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists 2011-03-26T02:00:17.857Z Though not so close to the door, after that 7th of March night, the wolves were still without, on the roads—ravening everywhere. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Then came that moment of sheer physical sickness at his closer vision of the pack of wolves ravening below the unfriended figure. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z "He would give half of his kingdom to whoever could rid the forest of its ravening beasts," the gatekeeper told Orion. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Mr. Payne Llewelyn did not at all relish Mr. Remnant's suggestion that he might well be a secret murderer, ravening for blood, remorseless as a wild beast. The Terror A Mystery 2011-03-22T02:00:24.957Z Their barque had shot over the edge, and in a wild tumult of ravening waters they were all falling together down into the fathomless gulf. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z The Cavalier wolves would now be ravening about free from all restraint—admitted to Montserrat House, and there made more welcome than ever. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z From far away came the piercing howl of some prowling hungry wolf, familiar enough to the ears that heard it, but its ravening intimations curdled the blood. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Such soon come to be vampires, consuming themselves and destroying others—ravening tigers at their own fold's side! Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z "It is just like the ravening wolves," she said. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Be a ravening wolf, and worthy of the Company. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Her magic poisons all she ranges for her use: The ravening power of hidden fire is held in these, While deep in others lurks the numbing chill of frost. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Thou hast warned us, that we should beware of false prophets who come in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions 2011-01-19T03:00:21.137Z Have your three Lamb-like flocks so molested you, that you must deliver them up to the ravening teeth of evening Wolves? The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America 2011-01-17T03:00:44.767Z Then must one attack the monster; for at daybreak he is up, ravening and roaring and hungry. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z O noble princes and lords, how long will ye leave your lands and people naked to these ravening wolves! Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z The super-devilishness of his plan—hiding a blasphemy in the white robe of a spiritual consecration—had changed him in her sight to a ravening beast. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Then there was the sound of a scuffle, a shriek of agony pierced the air, followed by the ravening of Leoncico as he tore to pieces the victim of his rage. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z And there it is," said Master Doubletongue, "there hath not been so bloody a wild beast seen ravening, burning, and destroying us poor Protestants, as that terrible Spaniard Philip since the world began. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z And I can stand the eyes of the Hollow staring at me like a pack of ravening wolves. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z A second stone rebounded from the bony chest of one of the leaders, and the ravening brute sprang, hoarsely snarling, against the dark form. Four Phases of Love What with rival commandants and rival ecclesiastics, controversy within and ravening Iroquois without, the early days of the French in Canada were days of sorrow. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Like stags, the prey of ravening wolves, we essay to pursue those whom it is a rare triumph to elude and escape.... Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men The sea seemed like some huge, ravening beast eager for its prey. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway According to his teaching, as uttered in the sanctum of his own study, young men were not to be regarded as ravening wolves. Rachel Ray The ravening swine were gaining upon him at a rate which meant his soon being overtaken, and if he should stumble his fate was certain. Donalblane of Darien I was in no mood to be served up to stop his ravening appetite and I made up my mind at once to stay and fight. Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder I abandoned my part at the opera to a weird ravening female who can't sing, so my manager called me an atheist. A Man in the Open The ravening wolf and the innocent lamb would be nothing to it. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life To become angels in heaven, we were ravening wolves on earth. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle They give themselves out for sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 And round the dark farmhouse the winter storms howled and roared, beating against the windows and ravening by the latches. Carnival Angus Jones kept the rope taut as if by his single effort the ravening beast was alone restrained. Where the Pavement Ends Then went up the most awful ravening roar. Haviland's Chum Louder and louder it swelled, uttered in fierce, jerky roars, as the roars of ravening beasts who can no longer be restrained from their prey. The Induna's Wife Had the dauntless resolution of his sacrifice carried him down into immeasurable depths, whither even the ravening sea-tigers did not penetrate? A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance There was a patter, patter of stealthy feet among the stones—a gleam of scintillating green from ravening eyes. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Perhaps because it was written that after drink, illness, madness, and starvation the white man should be saved by the black man again and a last time from ravening waters. Where the Pavement Ends In gloomy horror thus they sat, listening to the dreadful clamour of many voices outside like ravening beasts all howling for their blood. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Neither ravening ray nor explosive shell could harm him—he had snapped on the protective shield whose generator was always upon his person. Triplanetary The ravening monsters closed in nearer and nearer. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance And in the black gloom of the grim forest the dead man lay, and before morning the ravening beasts would have left nothing of him but crunched and scattered bones. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion And above, the myriad eyes of the starry heavens looked down; and without, the horrible throaty growl of the ravening beasts rent the night. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland And this is the nation which is greedy for our land, is ravening to steal the gold which it contains.” Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion Beware of false Prophets, who come to you in Sheep’s Cloathing, but inwardly they are ravening Wolves. An Humble Address and Earnest Appeal to Those Respectable Personages in Great-Britain and Ireland, Who, by Their Great and Permanent Interest in Landed Property, Their Liberal Education, Elevated Rank, and Enlarged Views, Are the Ablest to Judge, and the Fittest to Decide, Whether a Connection with, Or a Separation from the Continental Colonies of America, Be Most for the National Advantage, and the Lasting Benefit of These Kingdoms There were no claws among all the ravening forest kindred strong enough to tear their way through such defences. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The two hounds smelled blood and attacked the fallen squires, and Blue Breeches raced off into the woods, one of the ravening dogs at his heels. The Buttoned Sky It was the deep, throaty, ravening roar of hungry lions. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland It is foolish to call hawks ravening birds and to impute evil motives to them. Seeds of Pine Then life had flowed into it, its own kind of life, now it walked as a huge ravening beast through the room where once it had been a tiny image. Sinister Paradise "Ye have come as the ravening wolf upon the sheep-fold at night to destroy the lamb." Adventures of Bindle At least the ravening dogs were not nearby. The Buttoned Sky In the fair scene spread out before these two there was little enough to suggest the growlings and roarings of ravening beasts making terrible the dark night hours. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland But all these worthless, ravening rascals are watching the traps as keenly as the trapper does; and would eat up a silver fox, that would be the fortune of any hunter. The Story of the Trapper A huge ravening beast that rushed through the void at the ship and tried to tear the port out of its metal seat with teeth as big as the height of a man. The Beasts in the Void Curse them all for a pack of ravening wolves! The Vision of Elijah Berl He approached, apparently a lamb of conventional feelings and appearances; whereas, inwardly, he was a ravening wolf of indifference to convention. The "Genius" She would have liked to take him up in her arms and comfort him; but once when her pity moved her to attempt it, the dog ran at her ravening. An Isle in the Water The ravening hunter of man that has been ambushing him half the day rolls over with a piercing howl. The Story of the Trapper The huge ice bear had been ravening insanely among the shreds of the water buffalo's body. The Beasts in the Void Gods! to think that they have ventured with Laconian men to deal, Men of just the faith and honour that a ravening wolf might feel! Pot-Boilers And my robot tells me that unless I aid you, the Other will continue ravening into your world. Where the World is Quiet She loved the sea with a love unusual in Achill, where the sea is to many a ravening monster that has exacted in return for its hauls of fish the life of husband and son. An Isle in the Water But neither grows morbid from his vision; for that same vision shows each that the ravening destruction is only a weeding out of the unfit. The Story of the Trapper In fine, he has been named a “Hypocrite,” who comes to you in “sheep’s clothing,” but is in truth a “ravening wolf.” Talkers With Illustrations When they were dressed again, they were glowing with warmth, felt as fit as a fiddle, and were ravening for breakfast. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts I will take you in my hand through the dreary wilds of this world, and scare away the ravening bird or beast that would annoy you.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) The people who worked this frieze may have pretended, perhaps, that they were expressing the pleasures of hunting; but what they actually realised was evidently the horrors of a world given over to ravening creatures. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion But a giant Wolfhound, with a very hungry mate and four ravening little pups, all waiting eagerly upon his hunting, was quite differently situated. Finn The Wolfhound Hard by there lurched One gorgeous galleon on the ravening shoals, Feeding the white maw of the famished waves With gold and purple webs from kingly looms And spilth of world-wide empires. Collected Poems Volume One Then, with ravening appetites, they turned to preparations for supper. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts It was the alarum of the new Great Death, the ravening lion under the sheep’s wool of influenza. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Was it that he meant that his ward and watch should be as faithful as if it were his own loved ones whom he was guarding against the approach of wolves or ravening beasts? The Wilderness Fugitives Killer was already ravening furiously at the bars of his cage, his yellow eyes ablaze as he watched the meat his soul desired being thrust into Finn's cage. Finn The Wolfhound Backward they reeled, striving now to escape the red wall of cold steel surging at them—only to fall under a fresh attack of ravening Mayorunas who came pouring in upon them from the sides. The Pathless Trail Those within the buildings knew that they would become carrion in the maws of the ravening wolves outside, and fought with a courage fed with desperation. Carmen Ariza "You speak as if your famous nephew were a ravening wild wolf, Jim!" Kildares of Storm How imagination pictures the terrible scene as the waters rise higher and higher, and the ravening waves speed after their prey! Bible Romances First Series Thorpe fired once and again before the specter vanished, and he knew with sickening certainty that the wounds were only messages to some central brain that would send other ravening tentacles against them. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 At the bend of the road he had not deigned another look on the men who had been ravening to lynch him. The Plunderer Stannum saw Bacchus pursued by the ravening Mænads; saw Lamia and her ophidian flute; and sorrowfully sped Orpheus searching for his Eurydice. Melomaniacs Has ravening aspiration any compunction; any contrite visitings of nature? The Strollers The unerring marksmanship of Vose and his alertness reduced the danger from the fierce grizzly bears and ravening mountain wolves to the minimum, but the red men were an ever present peril. A Waif of the Mountains Shrieking, hissing, crackling, only insignificant by comparison with the war of the greater elements, flames licked up and devoured with ravening appetites the tinder-like structures of Joan’s farm. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills This spirit which traffics in children is callous and fierce as a ravening beast; and its wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. . . . Lotus Buds But he had found her in his path, when his hurt soul was crying out to all fostering womanhood to save him from the ravening claw of woman's cruelty. The Prisoner On the other hand, the ship that pursued him carried cowards who had failed in mankind's supreme test; men who had lost their manhood, ravening demi-beasts, half mad with loneliness and desire. When the Sleepers Woke He felt as though he was in a position of tremendous danger, and was being tossed about by pitiless waves, which were hemming him in on every side, like ravening beasts of prey. Among the Brigands She must save those two from this ravening horde. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Though they hurried swiftly into the great valleys to colonize them—where oceans had been—they were like ravening beasts, and gave my grandfather no thanks. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 The Kingdoms Seven Ye came to set a ravening each on each: Lo, ye have pressed and soldered them in one! Legends of the Saxon Saints It filled him with resentment to think that those ravening marauders had come into the country. The Backwoodsmen What was missing in his life, that, in his ravening soul, he was not satisfied? The Rainbow They were not interested in the power causing the wreck, but only in their own motives, their own greedy longings, their own lust for the banquet of gold outspread before their ravening eyes. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills These were easily speared from above, and hurled back disabled among their ravening kin. In the Morning of Time And the voice of the combat, grunts and snarls, gasping shouts and broken curses, was the sound of ravening beasts. A Man to His Mate Outside this house you can take your chances with the victorious warriors of Charles d'Anjou, who have fallen upon Benevento like ravening wolves. The Saracen: The Holy War I had not a notion what was to be done, but I knew better than to trust to the ravening mercies of that arch-mutineer. Hurricane Island Here we learn that men are inwardly ravening wolves; that is, they have a devouring, wolflike disposition. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity A-ya fetched a deep breath of relief when she saw that this was no ravening monster. In the Morning of Time Now do ye, Pharisee, make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit It was necessary, too, to defend themselves, as the tremendous cold was driving into the valley more beasts of prey, ravening with hunger. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain They are wolves, they are ravening, fierce wolves. Hurricane Island Jesus again says, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Then out of a cleft rose a terrible cry, And a form like a demon went ravening by, And I fell in a quake on the moss, and I thought I should die. Sprays of Shamrock The 'hungry, ravening sea,' had swallowed her up, and we were left to mourn her guiding hand—her royal presence. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The dragon perhaps is the symbol of a ravening paganism dispelled by the eloquence of a sweet evangelist. A Little Tour of France That night in the tavern on the veld had branded a child with premature knowledge of the ferocious, ravening, devouring Beast that lies in Man concealed. The Dop Doctor Those not accustomed to the sound are very ready to think that they are surrounded by a great pack of ravening Wolves, and get a sufficiently satisfactory thrill of mingled emotions at the sound. Wild Animals at Home To do so, said their theory, would usually—seven point three four times out of 10—destroy the ship, and everything in space for thousands of miles around, in a ravening burst of raw energy. Upstarts Jim and Dennis leaped toward the nearest exit, determined to take any risk on the chance of escaping from the horde of things now aware of their presence and ravening for their blood. The Raid on the Termites To kill the cruel, ravening foe, And save the sheep for whom Christ died. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow A pack of ravening wolves tussling over an unusually small baby might distantly reproduce the scene Saxham leaves behind him. The Dop Doctor And a ravening yell cut the words off my tongue. The La Chance Mine Mystery Privy Seal was ravening for a report of that treaty. Privy Seal His Last Venture A vast mountain of green water lifted up its bulk and fell upon us in a ravening cataract. Uncanny Tales To see his account-books clear, be delivered from those ravening flights of Jew and Christian creditors, pouncing on him like obscene harpies wherever he showed face, was a necessity for Abbot Samson. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. It was necessary that these sheep be protected from ravening wolves. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan It was a strange voice which spoke: a voice so hoarse, so toneless, that the fat little man trembled, recalling in a flash the stories of witches' transformation into ravening wolves or terrible demons. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg "Thy famous and delightful gardens that are round about thee, the ravening wolf has torn up their roots and they give no fruits." With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds Springing agilely behind the ravening monster, Theseus, with a swinging stroke of his blade, cut off one of its legs at the knee. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He was gigantic in stature, hideous of aspect, with ravening yellow eyes. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race “Instead of the murderous heart of a ravening wolf, he came back,” he says, “quietly, like a meek and harmless lamb, having his heart entirely withdrawn from the pope, and given to Jesus Christ.” The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Lord, did you rescue this man from the salting-tub only as a ravening wolf to devour my sheep? The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 It may not sound poetical, but it is only simple fact that with the sight of the buck unconscious of his danger the dominant emotion of the Shawanoe was a sense of ravening hunger. Deerfoot in The Mountains She watches me jealously, firmly determined to guard me from any possible attack of a roaring and ravening lion in the disguise of nineteenth-century masculine attire. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Didst thou thy sacred trust betray Till ravening giants seized the prey? The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse And sure 'twas a mad thing for ye to do when th' ravening sharks were so plentiful.' Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 But there was no time to find it, to open his gun and insert it, and to fire before the ravening enemy would be upon him. The Snowshoe Trail A hundred brawny arms, accustomed to wield the broad axe, had lent their aid to rear the mighty pile and feed the ravening flame. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains He struggled to get his free hand on the rock, but the water tore at him like a ravening beast and he lost his hold. Still Jim Will she, with joys encompassed long, Who loved the music and the song, In the wild wood endure to hear The ravening lion's voice of fear? The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse "Beware of false prophets," he says in this passage, "for they are inwardly ravening wolves." Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion Thereupon they dropped all reference to the Lamberts and their trials, and turned their minds upon phagocytes and other ravening mites whose likes and dislikes, minute as they are, work more devastation than cannon. The Tyranny of the Dark "So," I said, "Lalage is to go forth as a missionary of anarchy, a ravening wolf into the midst of a sheepfold." Lalage's Lovers There was silence far over the sea; yet for nearly another hour that silence was at intervals broken by the death-shriek of some exhausted swimmer or some victim of the ravening shark. Ran Away to Sea In gold-hued mail 'against war's attacks, Each bore a sword and battle-axe, The royal host, where'er these came, Fell as if burnt with ravening flame. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The eyes were lost in cavernous sockets, and the cheeks were sunken and scored with lines of ravening hunger. The Heart of Unaga His dislike of human flesh plus that dread of the human species which he shares with the whole brute creation is on the one side, his ravening hunger on the other. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer BUT then came another hunger very deep, and ravening; the very body's body crying out with a hunger more frightening, more profound than stomach or throat or even the mind; redder than death, more clamorous. Look! We Have Come Through! Night is the time best suited to their ravening instincts. The Death Shot A Story Retold Here monkeys leap from tree to tree, And bears and tigers wander free; Here ravening lions prowl, and fell Hyenas in the thickets yell, And elephants infuriate roam, Mighty and fierce, their woodland home. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse They needed no better than to follow their labours with a couch burrowed beneath the snows, and hours for the dream feast which their ravening appetites yearned and never tasted. The Heart of Unaga The dogs, trained to hunt the kangaroo, were at first serviceable to the natives, but they often increased the destruction by their spontaneous ravening. The History of Tasmania , Volume II Even then, in the dark, I was tortured, ravening, unfree, Ashamed, and shameful, and vicious. Look! We Have Come Through! False prophets were to be shunned, such as were then among the people, comparable in their pretense to sheep, and in their reality to ravening wolves. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Ah, she who counted many a friend Was left for fiends to seize and rend, Was left by me without defence From ravening giants' violence. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse "There are five thousand ravening savages here, ready to fight anything, and to-night I'm going to try to escape." The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War I have boasted unworthily, ravening like a brute beast in my triumph over thee, and by my boasting have I shamed thee, thou lily among women. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Roar of tempest, blinding electric flash, rushing wave, descending spray, creaking timbers, with instinctive ravening of ocean's hungry hordes, are luring, friendly greetings compared to merciless clamor of that receding shore. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 They could face hardship and danger, the blizzards, the rapids, nature savage and ravening; but when it came to craft, graft and the duplicity of their fellow men they were discouraged, discomfited. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Hid like the moon when Ráhu draws The orb within his ravening jaws. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse It happened that the older wandered away and fell into the power of an evil magician, who changed him into a ravening wolf. The Essentials of Spirituality Was some dumb dead poet trying to speak through her brain, inextricably caught in the folds of her ravening intelligence before recognising its fatal limitations? The Californians Roaring lions are their princes, ravening wolves are their judges, their priests have polluted the sanctuary! Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia But when their doubts and fears were removed, they attacked the mapira porridge like ravening wolves. Black Ivory Or I will strictly fast until With slow decay my life I kill, And ravening dogs and birds of air The limbs of Hanumán shall tear. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse “And then thou wilt come home ravening, and have mara again.” Erling the Bold It formed but a mouthful to each, yet the poor fellows devoured it with the greed of ravening wolves, and carefully licked their fingers when it was done. Charlie to the Rescue When our ravening appetite was appeased a little, Young got out the coffee-pot and set to making coffee. The Aztec Treasure-House They are only so many ravening savages, ready to breathe out battle and slaughter if they got free.” The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise Her circling moats are broad and deep, Where ravening monsters dart and leap. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse So they were naturally on the lookout for a herd of deer or the sound of ravening wolves. Three Boys in the Wild North Land Both the predatory birds and the ravening beasts, with instincts in accord, gather around the quarry killed for them. The Lone Ranche Inside the fold is tranquillity, repose for the wearied frame, safety, and the companionship of the Shepherd; and without, ravening foes and a dreary wilderness, and flinty paths and sparse herbage and muddy pools. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Villages were burned down, and wolves howled near the haunts of men, seeking food to appease their ravening hunger. Heroes of Modern Europe Each ravening bird, each beast of prey Where Janasthán's wild thickets lay, Rose with a long discordant cry And gathered as the host went by. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Nothing was visible save an occasional tiny flash, as some condensed or solidified droplet of the volatilized metal re-entered the path of that ravening beam. Skylark Three In a certain sense the prophecy of Quetzalcoatl was fulfilled and the coming of the Spaniards did mean the final dethronement of the ravening Tezcatlipoca. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure The enemy detectors of course located the flying torpedoes immediately, but, contemptuous of material projectiles, the spheres made no attempt to dodge, but merely lashed out upon them with their ravening rays. Spacehounds of IPC Neither ravening ray nor explosive shell could harm him--he had snapped on the protective shield whose generator was always upon his person. Triplanetary I feel that I might more safely trust myself with ravening wolves than with men in general, but you are different. The Blunders of a Bashful Man It began to appear a question, in time, of what they were to subsist upon, even though they turned to the ravening of one another. Trail's End I might gather from your remarks that I am a sort of ravening wolf, instead of a well-meaning gentleman who is merely exercising the privilege of selecting a wife. The Romance of an Old Fool And ravening for its prey as likely as not.' The Magic City Solitary ones Hide from their robberies, for forth they go Into the wilderness, their prey to hunt Like ravening beasts. Man of Uz, and Other Poems They fall often as victims to the ravening ambition of a single man. Legends of the Rhine With the ghastly dead and the ravening wolves all about, the movement of that wounded man was strangely terrifying and my knees knocked with fear, as I ran to his aid. Lords of the North "We can't refer everything to our being American lambs, and his being a ravening European wolf." A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories By sword or cross or ravening beast may Rome take my life and I would smile in her face. The Coming of the King He knew at length that all the world slept,—all but himself and some distant ravening wolf, whose fierce howl ever and anon set the mists to shivering in Poor Valley where he prowled. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Three or four of the ravening, howling curs assaulted Guard under the very flap of our tent. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' At one o'clock the four elder ones would be upon her, ravening. Mary Gray On shore, for her there were only ravening wolves; waterfalls were no worse than they, and perhaps there were no more waterfalls. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 I might as justly have confounded the foxes of these brakes with the ravening wolves of France!” The Literary World Seventh Reader It must triumph, it must sweep everything before it; it must exact from the other, the brutal, blood-stained, ravening race, the last particle of expiation! The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) At the close of the ages, it hath been decreed, Shall perish and vanish each weak god of men, And the world shall be purged with a ravening fire. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Abdallah’s answer was: “Yea—Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.” Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field The Dove of God’s remembrance is hard pressed by mindless birds of night, and the Gazelle that dwelleth in the meadows of God’s love is being hunted down by ravening beasts. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Alí, according to the envoy, was a ravening lion. Memorials of the Faithful He said:— Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era Strong men wept as they realized that the forces of the Great Republic, able and brave, stood between France and the ravening wolf of Germany. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights We are no hounds of heaven, nor ravening band Of earthly wolves to tear your kingdom down. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers And even if some gazelle of heaven were to be ripped apart by dogs and wolves, who would go running to seek out a ravening wolf? Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá They are, however, even more closely related to the werewolf, a man who is supposed to change into a wolf and go about ravening. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan At his slightest word the mercenary soldiery under his control would have rushed into the bazaars with sword and torch, like ravening wolves among sheep helpless to defend themselves. Tales of Destiny If they did eat rapidly it was because the ravening hunger of a healthy stomach demanded instant attention. The Two-Gun Man His bravery in battle is the bravery of a ravening wolf, of a blood-drunk savage animal. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers Outwardly they appear as sheep, yet inwardly they are naught but ravening wolves. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá These men spelled big interests; these were the lions come to wrest away the prey which the pack of wolves was ravening for. Wolf Breed The air seemed heavy and impure; he fancied it still fetid with all the blood of sacrificial offerings which the ravening soil had drunk. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure In less than two hours both were crazed with the blistering sun, and the ravening of the foul and biting insects. The Mark of the Beast When an egg hatches the young aphis lion drops down to the leaf and runs about like a ravening lion seeking some living thing to devour. The Insect Folk Therefore, compassion shown to wild and ravening beasts is cruelty to the peaceful ones—and so the harmful must be dealt with. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá From that day, Florence ceased to be a town gladdened by the work of its handicraftsmen, and became a forest full of wolves ravening for each other's blood. The Well of Saint Clare Fear shall shake them, and shame shall break, and all the noon of their pride be night: These that sinned shall the ravening wind of doom bring under, and judgment smite. Poems and Ballads (Third Series) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III The rockets from Earth came ravening to destroy them at the instant of their intersection. Space Tug All the more horrible was it therefore to behold him at that moment like a ravening beast of prey. The Poor Plutocrats Is there help or hope to seaward, is there help in love, Hope in pity, where the ravening hounds of storm make mirth? Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI The ravening hawk pursuing, The trembling dove thus flies, To shun impelling ruin Awhile her pinions tries: Till of escape despairing, No shelter or retreat, She trusts the ruthless falconer, And drops beneath his feet! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham This was no message of fear or warning, but of implacable stubbornness and ravening hunger. Star Born Ere that may be, I must tell you plain, You must rid yourself of your ravening train. The Feast at Solhoug It was no longer a struggle between men, but a ravening of two beasts. The Poor Plutocrats Thousands and thousands of these Greek Catholics were scattered through the prairies; roaming flocks without shepherds, a prey to ravening wolves. Catholic Problems in Western Canada He longs, and she sees his longing, and her heart grows cold as a sword, And her heart is the ravening fire, and the fretting sorrows' hoard. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs A mighty hunger and thirst—a more than hunger and thirst—a ravening appetite, a passion beyond all passions which he had ever known, was upon him, had him in its clutches. The Debtor A Novel Oh, may the prayer of faith ever encircle them in this only safe retreat from the ravening wolves and the hungry monsters of sin! Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 As well might one, to escape the flood, throw oneself into the rising ravening torrent. The Schemes of the Kaiser For many shall arrive in My name, outwardly, indeed, clothed in sheep-skins, but inwardly being ravening wolves. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself If he's the ravening beast you say he is, he shall be fired to-morrow. Berry And Co. Two thin and ravening wolves, along with three hyenas, broke from cover and began to converge upon the line she made, straight for them. The Mantooth Beware of false prophets," says the Saviour, "which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Companion to the Bible Now he had seized on Lewis, and the younger man had lent him polite attention though inwardly full of ravening and bitterness. The Half-Hearted They rowed for their own lives to escape the ravening beast that had chased them into the sea. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Thou knowest," the king began, plunging into the heart of the question, "that I yielded to these ravening wolves, Mesu and Aaron. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt She had one head like a horse's, and another like a ravening hound's, and another like a hissing snake's, and a sword in either hand. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Be ye, in the realm of God, shepherds unto His sheep and guard them from the ravening wolves that have appeared in disguise, even as ye would guard your own sons. The Kitáb-i-Aqdas They devoured the provisions like ravening beasts, stolidly, silently, earnestly, in large mouthfuls which they shoved down their throats unmasticated. Liza of Lambeth The body of some Trojan youth robust Hath pierced, but still you ravening wolf escapes. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper I felt what it was to be wolfish and even ravening; and I noted, step by step, in myself, how a strange sagacity grew within me—an art of detecting food. The English Gipsies and Their Language And when Scylla stooped to seize her, they struck back her ravening heads, and foul Scylla whined, as a whelp whines, at the touch of their gentle hands. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People The other seven dogs were blissfully unconscious of anything under heaven outside their own ravening lust of flesh. Jan A Dog and a Romance Our Israel owes you thanks, brethren, for the vigilance wherewith ye watch the walls of Jerusalem, and are quick to spy the lurking wolf and ravening bear. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance Civil war was just bursting forth in all its horrors, when the Turks, with an army three hundred thousand strong, like ravening wolves rushed into Hungary. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power But she was ravening for its answer, and I said I had bought it for twenty-five cents. The Flower of the Chapdelaines I have fed men hungry with the ravening hunger of the wounded with scanty rations of musty corn-bread; have seen them drink eagerly of foetid water, dipped from the road-side ditches. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War But list, ye Heavens and protect the lamb from this ravening wolf. Joy in the Morning Do you know that it rests with me to save you, or to throw you to the wolves whose ravening you hear?” Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Ye are no better than a pack of howling, ravening wolves. The Secret Chamber at Chad "I am but a man—and I think 'twas rage I felt—that such a thing should be cast to ravening wolves." His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality They were awakened in the night by the ravening of a pack of wolves at the carcass of the slain moose, which lay within twenty rods of the snow camp. In the Days of Poor Richard The earthquake, flood, tidal wave, famine, withering or devastating wind and poisonous gases, the geological monsters and ravening bird, beast and fish, have their representatives or supposed incarnations in mythical phantasms. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji But against the solid walls and oak-barred door of the house the wave beat, only to fall back again, a broken, seething mass of brandished arms and ravening faces. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Last night coyotes had howled fearsomely, and even dwellers of the cities know that the surest safeguard against a ravening beast is a camp-fire. The Desert Valley It is a ravening wolf, and ere morning you are consumed. Trumps It grew to a devastating, ravening starvation of the heart, for sign or sight or word of Io Welland. Success A Novel "The brutes ye hunt obey their common instinct—and thou—Yet the ravening wolf and the cunning fox ye follow, and worry to their death." Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 He and the Byrd had come into the room as hungry as ravening wolves. Over Paradise Ridge A Romance The train was now full of ravening passengers. Your United States Impressions of a first visit But even if he had been ever so able to tell her, she would not have understood till she had fought her way through those ravening breakers, beyond them, out into the sustaining ocean. The Brimming Cup He kissed her gently, stepped back, took a run and flung himself upward and outward into the ravening current. Success A Novel Wilt thou tear the prey from the jaws of the famished and ravening wolf? Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Sword of Jehovah, swing O'er the world's ravening, Wide on the tempest's wing, Swing far! Soldier Songs and Love Songs Then the two fell upon each other, like ravening lions or wild boars; and Hector smote the shield of Ajax with his spear, but the sharp point was turned by the stout buckler. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Outside pastures may be pleasant to the eye; but who knows what ravening wolves may not be lurking there in the disguise of harmless sheep? For the Faith I know that the two shacks and the conductor will arrive like ravening wolves in about two seconds. The Road Ere his last lone shuddering cry, To his couch the maiden came; On his breast she silently Bent an eye of ravening flame. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 No: Peregrine Pickle can never be thrown to the wolves, even to the most respectable and moral of these animals in the most imposing as well as ravening of attitudes. The English Novel O Crowd of ravening Voices, be glad, yea, shout And cry for the stoning, cry for the casting out! The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes O deepening mystery of life!" he cried, "Why do such souls in human bodies dwell— Fitter for ravening wolves or greedy swine! The Dawn and the Day Or, The Buddha and the Christ, Part I It was incredible, she told herself, that this ravening monster, dripping blood from claws and teeth, that had arisen roaring in the night, could be the Humanity that had become her God. Lord of the World An immense furnace was fed by huge blocks of wood, which the ravening flame seized and in a moment enveloped in its embrace. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Now the bright father of Andromeda displays his hidden fire; now Procyon rages, and the constellation of the ravening Lion, as the sun brings round the thirsty season. The Works of Horace Stimulated by Hector's ardor, the Trojans now pounce like ravening wolves upon their foes, but, in spite of their courage, are driven back almost to the Scean Gate. The Book of the Epic For the most part, however, only the ravening sea roared malice in their ears. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper Friend Jack—You sometimes hear the Parson talk about deceivers, who go about in sheep's clothing; but who inwardly are ravening wolves. Political Pamphlets Still Sir Lancelot would not yield, nor sue to him for quarter, but flew on his enemy like the ravening wolf to his prey. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 And see it through he did! why, I tell you that the men down in Froeschwiller were no longer human beings; they were ravening wolves devouring one another. The Downfall Fearful it was to see him as he ate, crunching up flesh and bones and marrow all together, like a ravening lion. Stories from the Odyssey The sea was smooth and favourable for rowing, and soon the ravening pursuit closed in on the doomed corsair. Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean To see his account-books clear, be delivered from those ravening flights of Jew and Christian creditors, pouncing on him like obscene harpies wherever he shewed face, was a necessity for Abbot Samson. Past and Present Jesus speaks of some who put on "sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Ah, hateful, cruel war! that changed all those poor folks to ravening wolves, bespattering the child with the father's blood! The Downfall Twelve feet hath she, and six necks of prodigious length, and on each neck a fearful head, whose ravening jaws are armed with triple rows of teeth. Stories from the Odyssey A drifting, freezing, shifting eternity of snow, driven by a ravening gale which sweeps the desolate, bald wastes of the Northland. Pardners The other mental pains of this life may last longer, but there is none that cuts down deeper, that possesses such a ravening tooth, while it lasts, as this. Five Nights Elemental mad ramping of ravening waters— Yet Christ on the Mount, and the dove in her nest! John Marr and Other Poems They wallowed in the gore and entrails that covered the ground about them, like a pack of ravening wolves collected around the carcass of their prey, fleshing their keen fangs in it. The Downfall And the beast, flattening to the floor, crawled backwards, inch by inch; it was slavering, and there was a ravening madness in its eyes. The Night Horseman They were the crows that followed the vultures, and picked the bones of the spoil when their ravening masters had been fully glutted. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance She has her portrait painted, I write these confessions; each hopes to save something of the past, and escape somehow the ravening waves of time and float into some haven of remembrance. Confessions of a Young Man With a hand of great rejoicing, he stirred the unconscious Sheik—over whom the sand was already sifting as the now ravening simoom lashed it along. The Flying Legion I saw him seized by one man—even by the Red Axe—raised high in the air, and flung over the barriers among the ravening and leaping blood-hounds. Red Axe He has strong friends as yet, but his enemies are like ravening wolves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 It leaps and it howls like some ravening beast At first sight of feeding, through grating of iron— It roars on the shore with a furious purring, It licks on the pebbles with eagerest greed. Russian Lyrics Let him guard as much as he can against the ravening of the wolves, but let it not be with carnal craftiness. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin He was not conscious of anything but a ravening hunger, and he believed that he knew where he could satisfy it. The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign It is not wicked for a tiger to be ravening. The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little Night was coming—the time when all creatures, save ravening night feeders, feel apprehension, crave shelter, search out a haven for repose. The Purchase Price When she had confirmed him by an oath, then she told him all this business of her lord—why he went, and what he became, and of his ravening within the wood. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Seemingly in an instant he was on his back and the ravening pack were about him in a ring. The Sky Line of Spruce "Will they ever stop it!" asked Sylvia despairingly, seeing wherever she looked nothing but that ravening, fiery leap of the flames, feeling that terrible hot breath on her cheek. The Bent Twig It is wicked for man to be ravening or sinuous, because it is against the divine nature that God has put in man. The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little "As well hold parley with a pack of ravening wolves," said the French captain. The White Company The ravening she-wolf knew them, And licked them o'er and o'er, And gave them of her own fierce milk, Rich with raw flesh and gore. Lays of Ancient Rome He knew that any attempt to reach and climb a tree would attract the attention of the pack and send them ravening about her. The Sky Line of Spruce In short, the whole country was fast overrunning with vagabonds, like ravening locusts, seeking where they might light, and whom they should devour. The Life of General Francis Marion It shot up first-born when the ravening eagle on the rugged flanks of Caucasus let drip to the earth the blood-like ichor of tortured Prometheus. The Argonautica I turned my eyes upon the speaker, and said in a ravening manner, 'Where's his houses?' George Silverman's Explanation A brute thou art, and with brutes thou shalt herd; thou shalt howl as a ravening wolf, and as such men shall hunt thee from their doors. Gathering of Brother Hilarius If Bruno had indeed fallen victim to misplaced confidence, and had been craftily lured into this den of ravening wild beasts, why all this confusion and mad skurry? The Lost City They knew not their own doom, And mocked, and thrust her back from that huge Horse For fain she was to smite its beams apart, Or burn with ravening fire. The Fall of Troy Came a term to that land's old favoredness: Past the sea-walls, crumbled in thundering spray, Rolled the green waves, ravening, merciless. Poems The ravening kite so swoops and plunders, when Hovering above the shelterd yard, she spies A helpless chicken near unwatchful hen, Who vainly dins the thief with after cries. Orlando Furioso She had turned to a ravening thing On the table—a buzzard with leperous head. The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems Still in a hollow square, with the Children of the Sun God in the centre, they slowly, doggedly fell back, ever facing the ravening foe, ever moving shoulder to shoulder as a single man. The Lost City He trusted to dash down the wall To earth, and utterly destroy the ships With ravening fire, and slay the Argive host. The Fall of Troy But now, if a man can tame this monster, and bring her to feed at the hand, and govern her, and with her fly other ravening fowl and kill them, it is somewhat worth. The Essays of Francis Bacon Outwardly they may be as whited sepulchers and inwardly as ravening wolves, that's what. Anne of the Island At first glance after those famished and ravening days of longing for her and seeking her, she before him in rather dim reality of the obvious office-girl, seemed disappointing. The Grain of Dust Duke, who had shown not the slightest interest in the rats, set up a frantic barking and simulated a ravening assault upon the strange animal. Penrod He's going to rouse again the sleeping dogs of appetite, and send them ravening back to the Plaza, to Sherry's and Del's and the little Italian restaurants on Sixth Avenue. Where There's a Will Outside the wind screamed like a ravening beast at the window. The Golden Road As a matter of fact, despite text and catechism, he was inwardly as a ravening wolf. Anne of the Island The corpse had vanished, not interred in earth, But strewn with dust, as if by one who sought To avert the curse that haunts the unburied dead: Of hound or ravening jackal, not a sign. Oedipus Trilogy But he must champion his father and his dog, and, ever, ready to pit either against any challenger, must picture both as ravening for battle and absolutely unconquerable. Penrod And then with ravening shouts, they fell upon the other captive warder, binding him also into a compact helpless missile, and meanwhile getting the engine in gear again for another shot. The Lost Continent He was at an age when all the gifts and graces are but so much undiscriminated food to the ravening egoism of youth. The Touchstone Never, with these to watch, Dread nightly thief afold and ravening wolves, Or Spanish desperadoes in the rear. The Georgics The whole of society is in their grip, the whole labor of the world lies at their mercy—and like fierce wolves they rend and destroy, like ravening vultures they devour and tear! The Jungle He gulped, swallowed, slobbered, choked, coughed, attempted to sit up, was aware that he was the focal center of a ring of glaring, burning eyes, like eyes of ravening beasts; and fainted. The Black Bag A ravening beast was I, and as a beast I raged to see you so unlike me. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship "Eat, ravening wolf, so that I may bring you alive to the lord of Spychow." The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy Would such a ravening world be worth respecting, worth the fearing? Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II He knew only that his brief struggle had been all wasted, that behind the flimsy barrier of his honourable ambition, the Lone Wolf was ravening. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama Those behind him, remarking with resentment the amazing fact that an intimate of the mews should run away from liquor, cursed and made after him, veering, staggering, howling like ravening animals. The Black Bag Don't be offended if I say that you look more capable of portraying woolly white lambs at play than ravening wolves measuring the strength of their quarry. Chip, of the Flying U The vampire is to be seen—smacking his lips—thirsting, ravening, for BLOOD. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc Ah! 'tis sad to say, Our sons, our husbands, all that we love best, Our hearts, our souls, are on those waves away, Those ravening wolves that know not ruth, nor rest. Poems Already now their ravening eyes behold Your star-bright temples and your gates of gold; And to their gods in fancied goblets pour The warm libation of your children's gore. The Columbiad The sleuth-hound never sought the lair of his victim with a more ravening appetite for blood than they track the retreating columns of the enemy. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 Unfortunately for myself, senator, I did not paint the 'ravening wolves' which caught your fancy. Chip, of the Flying U The foe is closing round us-- We can hear his ravening cry; So, ho! for fair old Richmond! War Poetry of the South Even the bones had been dragged into the forest by the ravening creatures who had fed there during the night. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man The roar that rose was the roar of wild beasts ravening for their prey. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire He says:— "But I am like the beaten fowl That from the net escaped, And thou art like the ravening owl That all the night hath waked." Among My Books Second Series As well might the sheep resist a pack of ravening wolves as the men of the counting-house and workshop resist the best trained soldiers of Europe. Ten Great Events in History Nay, more: she could now see him as a beast, ravening. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Sure your pulses stirred, And all your being leapt to meet the call Which bade you strike nor spare Where poised in air Murder and ravening flame were hid intent to fall. The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch There were ravening multitudes of demobilized variety artists besieging every stage-door in France. The Mountebank It was God who had brought the Roman eagles, with their ravening beaks and strong claws, to the Holy City. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision The ages in which he ruled the world with his instincts, with his fox-like cunning, with his wolfish fury, with his dog-like ravening,—those brute ages could know no other. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded "And I suppose," pursued Marcia, "that all the time she was talking to you there, you were simply ravening." A Modern Instance But no—the hearts, that nurst a hope so fair, Had yet to learn what men on thrones can dare; Had yet to know, of all earth's ravening things, The only quite untameable are Kings! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes All is a ravening that never ends but to recommence. In Ghostly Japan But when I came to know the state I had been in, then the dread descended upon me, raging and ravening; and so I set off home to you as fast as I could. Ghosts It speaks of defence when lion and bear come ravening down, and of safe couching by night when the silent stars behold the sleeping sheep and the wakeful shepherd. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV But the wilderness is not only shelterless, it is waterless too—a place in which wild and ravening thirst finds no refreshing draughts, and the tongue cleaves to the blackening gums. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Merry as a mad dog," said Ramorny, "and happy as the wretch whom the cur hath bitten, and who begins to feel the approach of the ravening madness! The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day And it grows according to its kind, and what was a plaything one day is a full-grown and ravening wild beast in a while. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Thus did we proceed with these ravening wolves, God having delivered a Chriftian into ye power of Satan. Crooked Trails Death arose ravening, strong, and strode again through the cities. Fifty-One Tales He had gone ravening after the girls when he was young, and he still spanked about with his hat on one side, out of habit. Wanderers He led the pack on their quests for food, hunting throughout the night, racing over plains and down ravines, ravening round farms and villages. Tales of the Wilderness She had changed him from a meek dependent of the Family to a ravening creature, who went about the place insulting uncles. The Adventures of Sally Miss Dolly's idea of the law, in common with that of most young ladies, suggested a horrible monster ravening to devour the fallen. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War For it seems that your enemies are disposed to come, as Our Saviour says in His holy gospel, in sheeps' raiment, looking like lambs, while they are ravening wolves. Letters of Catherine Benincasa “Featherstone cannot go till he has spoken with you, and he ought to depart betimes, lest the Gilsland folk and all the rest of them be ravening on their way back.” Grisly Grisell In the Sermon on the Mount He applies it as a test to false teachers, who hide, beneath the wool of the sheep's clothing, the fangs and paws of ravening wolves. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII When your butler's away, and the weather's so bad That there is not a morsel of fish to be had, A crust with some salt will soothe not amiss The ravening stomach. Horace Never in their character did they belie the legend that their first founder was suckled, not at the breast of woman, but of a ravening she-wolf. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Then the winged hound of Zeus, The ravening eagle with devouring maw, Shall deeply trench thy quivering flesh and come, Day after day, an uninvited guest, To feast upon thy ulcerated heart. Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles His genius had been lying idle, like a lion in a thicket, and now it had sprung forth ravening. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days Under the ravening madness of famine, legal restraints and moral principles were forgotten, and famine riots broke out. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction And the lord said to him: Now do ye, O pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup, and of the platter: but your inward parts are full of ravening and wickedness. The first New Testament printed in English It has as many shapes as there are minutes, and as many excuses and wraps of sheep's clothing as ever ravening wolf possessed. Bits about Home Matters But Polynices' miserable corpse, It seems, by strict injunction he forbids All citizens to bury or to mourn; Ordering that it be left without a grave, Unwailed, a welcome prey to ravening birds. Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles Are you all full? there comes a ravening kite, That both at quick, at dead, at all will smite. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 The personalities of the ravening brute and of the man are blended now in one, or rather the personality of the man has been eliminated. The Wolf's Long Howl Every morning now a confused circle of tracks in the snow showed where the wild prowlers of the woods had come and sniffed at the very doors of the tilts in their ravening hunger. Northern Trails, Book I. After all, if Laban did fleece us, he kept at bay other ravening wolves. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch The waters of this canal did not run; they crawled, and were full of big, ravening fish and alligators, that held it against all comers. Old Creole Days It was a ravening beast, an ugly thing, big and brutal, and … like King. The Everlasting Whisper I raised the cry: the people pointed after; Ran with me, ravening. The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" To-day I would have left thee to perish alone within this ravening wilderness—that do bear so honourable a name! Beltane the Smith Then, driven to it by his ravening hunger, the wretched Otter fell upon the turnips and munched them sullenly, Leonard rating him all the while for his unequalled stupidity. The People of the Mist Moving past her as his eyes strained to adjust to the gloom, he swept the cold shadows of the chamber like a ravening wolf that had lost sight of its prey. Highland Ballad We wed not with the rapacious Norman—the noble hound scorns to seek a mate from the herd of ravening wolves. The Betrothed Is the poor pipe disdained, which sometime out of Melibeus's mouth, can show the misery of people under hard lords, or ravening soldiers? English literary criticism For him war is a ravening monster, devouring his substance, and changing him from citizen to military serf. The Duel Between France and Germany Loud echoes repeated the summons from its hollow walls; but no other voice was heard, no human face appeared; for the ravening hand of Cressingham had been there! The Scottish Chiefs Then, when his body was strong again, the ravening hunger of his soul overcame him, and, lest he should go mad or die of longing, Morris broke his oath—as she was sure he would. Stella Fregelius Wild is the day, and dim with rain, Our sheep are warded ill;The wood-wolves gather for the plain, Their ravening maws to fill. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale Cannibals of the Holy Cow! who make your ravening maws the grave Of Things with self-same right to live; what Fiend the filthy license gave? The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi The human family seems changed into a pack of ravening wolves. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance You had no premonition of this glorious war in which the Tricolor and the Union Jack would advance together against the ravening black eagle of Germany, and the Stars and Stripes would join them. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales Corydon also, in the glow of his delight, of his rapture and his ravening desire, discovered anew the wonder of herself, and came to a new consciousness of her beauty. Love's Pilgrimage The popular symbol for the criminal is a ravening wolf; but alas, few latter day crimes can be dramatized with a wolf and a lamb as the cast! Problems of Conduct It was a new kind of mob—a ravening one, making all dignity and thought impossible. They Call Me Carpenter There were the glaring eyes, there the grinning teeth of the Spanish wolf; a ravening brute ready to rend and tear, if so he might satisfy himself with the meat his soul desired. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch No wonder, therefore, that Mrs. A.-S. thought it best to remove her "Twin Pets," as she called them, out of my ravening reach. The Ancient Allan And we left them still ravening, mad and unsated. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me All will-power has gone, all moral resistance has departed, and in its place is a gnawing, clamorous, ravening desire. Without a Home The wind screamed like a ravening beast at her window. Further Chronicles of Avonlea Could the Yankees be such ravening wolves as her uncle and cousin represented them to be? Miss Lou They were red and black, smooth-coated and with a blood-hound head, and the moment they saw us they came ravening and leaping at the bars as an angry wave leaps against a rock. Ayesha, the Return of She Whether purposely or not, she cast such a chill upon the company that even Georges Coutlass subsided within himself, and, though he ate like a ravening animal, did not talk. The Ivory Trail Whirled into the very heart of the ravening fire,—crushed, shrivelled out of existence in one wild, rushing rapture—that is what Love must be to me! Ziska He could hear the ravening snap of those jaws out in the darkness. Baree, Son of Kazan What is love, says the physiologist, but ravening sex? The Crown of Life What if I uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed against the ravening lusts of Mammon? Ayesha, the Return of She That sweet and sounding name of patria becomes an illusion and a curse; linked with the pretentious modernism, civilization, it serves as plea to the latter-day barbarian, ravening and reckless under his civil garb. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy "I'm really not a bit hungry," declared Mavis, who avoided looking at the toothsome-looking bread-rolls as far as her ravening hunger would permit. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl From the ill-effects of such surroundings Odo was preserved by an intellectual curiosity that flung him ravening on his studies. The Valley of Decision In the street below was a multitude which made but one ravening monster; all its eyes were directed to the upper storeys of this house. Demos People who had no right of membership ran ravening to the Literary Institute and the Constitutional Literary Society, and peered over the shoulders of legitimate readers, on such a day as this unrebuked. Denzil Quarrier And now there had swooped down on me this ravening pack of emotions which were tearing me to pieces. The Red Planet Spartan thieves are not the only heroic sufferers who smile and make no moan, clasping close the hidden fangs ravening on their vitals. At the Mercy of Tiberius He is servant with Change for lord, and for wages he hath to his hire Folly and force, and a sword that devours, and a ravening fire. Songs Before Sunrise |
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