Word: lions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...merely balanced it in his capacious hand and said, "The book is well worth the public reading?" Pray heavens, sir critic, they may read it to better advantage than thee. But tell me, was there not something asinine in that last roar? Did not the patronizing lion show his ears? I hesitate - perhaps there is slight ground for such rude talk - but our trans-Atlantic cousin has blundered elsewhere. May we ask of him, with all deference, in the future to leave American books alone, or to examine their contents more carefully. Who knows but that he might correct certain...
...anticipating good roads for bicycling before long, must remember that when March comes in like a lamb it goes out like a lion...
...George is a social lion in New York. It is said that he has decided to become a stock actor...
...Frank Frayne, with his lion, dogs and the rest of his company, appears at the Windsor in his play entitled "Mardo." The piece contains the usual amount of human villiany and animal sagacity...
...lion and the tiger...