 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1792 - 400 pages
...comes in for a fhare of that fpoil which the lion leaves. The lion, when hungry, boldly attacks aH animals that come in his way; but as he is very formidable, and they all feelc to avoid him, he is often obliged to conceal himfelf for an opportunity of taking them... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1804 - 256 pages
...afraid to venture blindly into thofe places which they know to be filled with • their enemies. 21. The lion, when hungry, boldly attacks • all animals that come in his way ; but&s 'he Jurfrije. • is very formidable, and as they a41 -leek 'to • avoid him he is nfteu-... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 496 pages
...have hunted merely for themselves, and he is an unwelcome intruder upon the fruits of their toil." The lion, when hungry, boldly attacks all animals...them by surprise. For this purpose he crouches on his bel/y, in some thicket, or among the long grass, which is found in many parts of the forest ; in this... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - 1824 - 548 pages
...most animals endeavour to avoid him, he is obliged to have recourse to artifice, and take his prey by surprise. For this purpose, he crouches on his belly in some thicket, where he waits till his prey approaches ; and then, with one prodigious spring he leaps upon it at... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - 474 pages
...most animals endeavour to avoid him, he is obliged to have recourse to artifice, and take his prey by surprise. For this purpose, he crouches on his belly in some thicket, where he waits till his prey approaches; and then, wilh one prodigious spring, he leaps upon it at... | |
 | John Le Keux - 1829 - 476 pages
...this circumstance often obliges him to conceal himself and lie in wait, that he may take his victim by surprise. For this purpose he crouches on his belly in some thicket till his prey approaches, and then, with a prodigious leap, he seizes it at the first bound. Should... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 1178 pages
...his smell; and that, unlike the dog or the wolf, he rather hunts by the former than by the latter. The Lion, when hungry, boldly attacks all animals...he is often obliged to hide, in. order to take them hy surprise. For this purpose he crouches upon his belly, in some thicket, or among the long grass,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 238 pages
...or nine feet in length ; the female is about one-fourth less than the male. 58 When hungry, the Lion boldly attacks all animals that come in his way, but...take them by surprise. For this purpose, he crouches upon his belly, in some thicket, or among the long grass which is found in many parts of the forest.... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 pages
...of Absalom, as possessing the ' heart of a lion,' 2 Sam. xvii. 10. When incited by hunger, the lion boldly attacks all animals that come in his way ; but as he is so formidable an enemy, and as they all seek to avoid him, he is often obliged to hide, in order to... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1833 - 394 pages
...most animals endeavour to avoid him, he is obliged to have recourse 10 artifice, and take his prey by surprise. For this purpose, he crouches on his belly in some thicket, where he waits till his prev approaches ; and then, with one prodigious spring, he leaps upon it at... | |
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The lion, when hungry, boldly attacks all animals that come in his way ; but, as he is very formidable, and as they all seek to avoid him, he is often obliged to hide, in order to take them by surprise. 
