lion (n.)

lion (v.)

lion (adj.)

A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the Devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

New Testament: 1 Peter v. 8.

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Old Testament: Ecclesiastes ix. 4.

The blood more stirs

To rouse a lion than to start a hare!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Old Testament: Proverbs xxviii. 1.

You may as well say, that's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 7.

Rouse the lion from his lair.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): The Talisman. Chap. vi.

Now half appear'd

The tawny lion, pawing to get free

His hinder parts.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book vii. Line 463.

Thy spirit, Independence, let me share;

Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye,

Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare,

Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.

Tobias Smollett (1721-1771): Ode to Independence.

Bom. So have I heard on Afric's burning shore

A hungry lion give a grievous roar;

The grievous roar echoed along the shore.

Artax. So have I heard on Afric's burning shore

Another lion give a grievous roar;

And the first lion thought the last a bore.

William B Rhodes (Circa 1790): Bombastes Furioso. Act i. Sc. 4.

And dar'st thou then

To beard the lion in his den,

The Douglas in his hall?

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): Marmion. Canto vi. Stanza 14.

But Titus said, with his uncommon sense,

When the Exclusion Bill was in suspense:

"I hear a lion in the lobby roar;

Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door

And keep him there, or shall we let him in

To try if we can turn him out again?"

James Bramston (1694-1744): Art of Politics.

There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Old Testament: Proverbs xxvi. 13.

There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Old Testament: Proverbs xxvi. 13.

Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish;

A vapour sometime like a bear or lion,

A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock,

A forked mountain, or blue promontory

With trees upon 't.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Antony and Cleopatra. Act iv. Sc. 14.

The hind that would be mated by the lion

Must die for love.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): All's Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1.

The lion is not so fierce as painted.—Fuller: Expecting Preferment.

The lion is not so fierce as painted.

Thomas Fuller (1608-1661): Holy and Profane State. Of Preferment.