 ... snuffing the upward air with impatient sighs ; then suddenly it sprang forward, but not on the Athenian. At half-speed it circled round and round the space, turning its vast head from side to side with an anxious and perturbed gaze, as if seeking...  Last Days of Pompeii - Pagina 164door Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1835Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1839 - 450 pagina’s
...from side to side with an anxious and perturbed gaze, as if seeking only some avenue of escape; pnce or twice it endeavoured to leap up the parapet that...baffled howl than its deep-toned and kingly roar. It e*inced no sign either of wrath or hunger ; its tail drooped along the sand, instead of lashing its... | |
 | 1893 - 204 pagina’s
...divided it from the audience, and on failing uttered rather a baffled howl than its deeptoned and ngly roar. It evinced no sign, either of wrath or hunger...times to Glaucus, rolled again listlessly from him. At last, as if tired of attempting to escape, it crept with a moan into its cage, and laid itself down... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 pagina’s
...with an anxious and perturbed gaze, as if seeking some avenue of escape ; once or twice it endeavored to leap up the parapet that divided it from the audience, and on falling uttered rather a baffled howl than its deep- toned and kingly roar. It evinced no sign either... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 564 pagina’s
...anxious and perturbed gaze, as if seeking only some avenue of escape ; once or twice it endeavored to leap up the parapet that divided it from the audience, and, on falling, uttered rather a baffled howl than its deep-toned and kingly roar. It evinced no sign, either... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 456 pagina’s
...anxious and perturbed gaze, as if seeking only some avenue of escape. Once or twice it endeavored to 10 leap up the parapet that divided it from the audience,...baffled howl than its deep-toned and kingly roar. The first surprise of the assembly at the apathy of the lion was soon converted into resentment at... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 pagina’s
...anxious and perturbed gaze, as if seeking only some avenue of escape ; once or twice it endeavored to leap up the parapet that divided it from the audience, and, on falling, uttered rather a baffled howl than its deep-toned and kingly roar. It evinced no sign, either... | |
 | Ella Marie Powers, Thomas Minard Balliet - 1906 - 392 pagina’s
...unutterable astonishment of all, the beast seemed not even aware of the presence of the criminal. ... It evinced no sign, either of wrath or hunger ; its...sides ; and its eye, though it wandered at times to the victim, rolled again listlessly from him. At length, as if tired of attempting to escape, it crept... | |
 | Anna H. Carter - 1914 - 360 pagina’s
...unutterable astonishment of all, the beast seemed not even aware of the presence of the criminal. ... It evinced no sign, either of wrath or hunger; its...sides; and its eye, though it wandered at times to the victim, rolled again listlessly from him. At length, as if tired of attempting to escape, it crept... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 440 pagina’s
...once or twice it endeavored to leap up the parapet that divided it from the audience, and, on falling, uttered rather a baffled howl than its deep-toned...of lashing its gaunt sides ; and its eye, though it wanJered at times to Glaucus, rolled again listlessly from him. At length, as if tired of attempting... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 436 pagina’s
...anxious and perturbed gaze, as if seeking only some avenue of escape ; once or twice it endeavored to leap up the parapet that divided it from the audience, and, on falling, uttered rather a baffled howl than its deep-toned and kingly roar. It evinced no sign, either... | |
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