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Every one should know at least some fine examples of great national shields such as the Lions of England, the Fleur de Lys of France, and the Imperial Eagle. Examples of shields surmounted by helmets and crests with quaint and flowing mantling are to be seen in all kinds of art work. Various stitches and methods specially lend themselves to the expression of heraldry.
Wish 'twas mine. Father's what the supe the superintendent, the gent in the window gets himself called by us guyls." "Wipe me off the map! I'm some Johnny to cost you all that breath. But gee! the thought of standin' up to him gets my goat worse 'n twice his weight in lions. I'm mighty glad this young lady's gotta go through with it in front of me.
Mr. George and Rollo advanced along the central walk, and looked around them, surveying the scene, their minds filled with emotions of wonder and awe. "What a monstrous place it was!" said Rollo. "It was, indeed," said Mr. George. "Is it here where the men fought with the lions and the tigers?" asked Rollo, pointing around him over the arena. "Yes," said Mr. George.
'Dear Lady Windermere, of course I am happy. Aren't you? 'I have no time to be happy, Sybil. I always like the last person who is introduced to me; but, as a rule, as soon as I know people I get tired of them. 'Don't your lions satisfy you, Lady Windermere? 'Oh dear, no! lions are only good for one season. As soon as their manes are cut, they are the dullest creatures going.
It was on a Sunday afternoon and there were a number of lions on the lawn, and half a dozen women of the world. Logotheti seemed to know more than half the people present, which is rather unusual in Paris, and most of them treated him with the rather fawning deference accorded by society to the superior claims of wealth over good blood.
This was to get them quiet after their long trip, and to make them feel at home. Umboo did not have to be tamed, for he was already kind and gentle. But some of the lions and tigers were fierce and wild, and they had to get to know that the circus men would not harm them. Most of the elephants, like Umboo, were no longer wild, but they knew nothing about being trained to do tricks.
But an honest man travelling in Barbary on his own account would pick up every one of these truths in two or three days, except the one about the lions; to pick up that truth you must go to the very edge of the country, for the lion is a shy beast and withdraws from men.
Having seen my little Daniel to the gate of the Lions' Den, I shook hands cordially with everybody, Paolo last of all. I'll walk up and down the road for twenty minutes." His impulse was to refuse, I could see by the sharp upward toss of his chin. He answered with a glance, and I knew that I should not be kept long on my beat. An American Custom
Pomp caught hold of me tightly, for from somewhere in front there came a low snarling roar, which I had never before heard; but report had told of different savage creatures which came down from the hills sometimes, mountain lions, as the settlers called them, and to face one of these creatures in the dark was too much for my nerves.
"Ken, if the governor lets you go to Arizona can't you ring me in?" "Not this summer. I'd be afraid to ask him. But in another year I'll do it." "Won't it be great? But what a long time to wait! It makes me sick to think of you out there riding mustangs and hunting bears and lions." "You'll have to stand it. You're pretty much of a kid, Hal not yet fourteen. Besides, I've graduated."
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