| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...nobly faced his foe, at each successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn...blood, that already flowed from a dozen wounds, would snake off his furious foe, like a feather, and rearing on his hind-legs, rush to the fray again with... | |
| 1823 - 450 pages
...nobly faced his foe, at meh successive leap, When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn with her talons, and stained with bis own blood, that already flowed from a dozen wounds, would shake off his furious foe, like a feather,... | |
| English literature - 1823 - 508 pages
...nobly faced his foe, at each successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn...stained with his own blood, that already flowed from a donen wounds, would shake off his furious foe, like a feather, and rearing on his hind legs, rushed... | |
| Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...nobly faced his foe, at each successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn...his furious foe, like a feather, and rearing on his hind-legs, rush to the fray again with his jaws distended, and a dauntless eye. But age and his pampered... | |
| Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...nobly faced his foe, at each successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn...his furious foe, like a feather, and rearing on his hind-legs, rush to the fray again with his jaws distended, and a dauntless eye. But age and his pampered... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1838 - 270 pages
...successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, eld Brave, though torn with her talons, and stained with...again, with his jaws distended, and a dauntless eye. Elizabeth saw, as Brave fastened his teeth in the side of his enemy, that the collar of brass around... | |
| Salem Town - Elocution - 1847 - 420 pages
...flobly faced his foe at each successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn...again, with his jaws distended, and a dauntless eye. 13. But age, and his pampered life, greatly disqualified the noble mastiff for such a struggle. In... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1851 - 520 pages
...nobly faced his foe at each successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn...rearing on his hind legs, rush to the fray again, with jaws distended, and a dauntless eye. But age, and his pampered life, greatly disqualified the noble... | |
| Salem Town - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...nobly faced his foe at each successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn...wounds, would shake off his furious foe like a feather, arid, rearing on his hind legs, rush to the fray again, with his jaws distended, and a dauntless eye.... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 816 pages
...shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though to;n with her talons, and staii.cd with his own blood, that already flowed from a dozen...would shake off his furious foe like a feather, and rearii g on his hiud legs, rush to the fray again, with jaws distended, and a dauntless eye. But age,... | |
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