 | William Field - Architecture - 1815 - 468 pages
...keeper ventured tb pluck one of them by the whiskers. The attempt succeeded for several days ; but, on the fifth day, Rubens observed such signs of anger...the lion was ordered to be shot, by a party of the Guards, Portrait ofSpinolu, by Uubent. under the command of an ancestor of Mr. DE CORTE, a painter... | |
 | William Field - Architecture - 1815 - 468 pages
...keeper ventured to pluck one of them by the whiskers. The attempt succeeded for several days ; but, on the fifth day, Rubens observed such signs of anger...dreadful consequence was, the enraged animal struck clown the keeper, and lay upon him, the whole day. In the evening, the lion was ordered to be shot,... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - Literary Criticism - 1831
...hint was at first regarded, but too soon neglected. The consequence was dreadful: the enraged lion struck down the keeper, and lay upon him the whole day ; in the evening he was shot by a body of guards, but in the agonies of death, horrid to relate, the keeper was torn... | |
 | 1831
...hint was at first regarded, but too soon neglected. The consequence was dreadful; the enraged lion struck down the keeper, and lay upon him the whole day ; in the evening he was shot by a body of guards, but in the agonies of death the keeper was torn to pieces. Artificial... | |
 | 1831
...hint was at first regarded, but too soon neglected. The consequence was dreadful : the enraged lion struck down the keeper, and lay upon him the whole day ; in the evening he was shot by a body of guards, but in the agonies of death, horrid to relate, the keeper was torn... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1831
...hint was al first regarded, but too soon neglected. '1 ho consequence was dreadful; the enraged lion struck down the keeper, and lay upon him the whole day ; in the evening he was shot by a body of guards, but in the agonies of death the keeper was torn to pieces. Artificial... | |
 | Henry T. Cooke and Son - Leamington (England) - 1851 - 275 pages
...the keeper ventured to pluck one of them by the whiskers. The attempt succeeded for several days, but on the fifth day Rubens observed such signs of anger...alarm and induced him to advise the keeper to desist. The hint was observed for a time, but was afterwards forgotten, and the dreadful consequence was, the... | |
![An historical and descriptive guide to Warwick castle [&c.].](http://bks8.books.google.co.uk/books?id=pLgHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl "An historical and descriptive guide to Warwick castle [&c.].") | Henry T. Cooke, Warwick town, castle - 1851
...pluck one of them by the whiskers. The attempt succeeded for several days, but on the fifth day Eubens observed such signs of anger as created serious alarm and induced him to advise the keeper to desist. The hint was observed for a time, but was afterwards forgotten, and the dreadful consequence was, the... | |
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... pluck one of them by the whiskers. The attempt succeeded for several days ; but, on the fifth day, Rubens observed such signs of anger as created serious alarm, and induced him to advise the keeper to desist from the dangerous attempt in future. 