20 examples of androcles in sentences

At this stage, too, children have a great desire to learn about wild animals, and the need often arises out of their literature: the camel that brought Rebecca to Isaac, the wolf that adopted Mowgli, the reindeer that carried Kay and Gerda, the fox that tried to eat the seven little kids, Androcles' lion, and Black Sambo's tiger, might form an interesting series, helped by pictures of the creature in its own home.

Later, Harry read the story of Androcles and the Lion, and asked how it was that one person should be the servant of another and bear so much ill-treatment.

Cleonimus, a delicate and tender youth, present at a feast which Androcles his uncle made in Piraeo at Athens, when he sacrificed to Mercury, so stupefied the guests, Dineas, Aristippus, Agasthenes, and the rest (as Charidemus in Lucian relates it), that they could not eat their meat, they sat all supper time gazing, glancing at him, stealing looks, and admiring of his beauty.

Love was the thorn in this lion's flesh, and there was no Fräulein Androcles to take it away.

And on the evening when we had the privilege of visiting Ruhleben it was to see a dramatic society present Bernard Shaw's "Androcles and the Lion.

" You will doubtless recall Mr. Shaw's comedy, and the characteristic "realistic" fun he has with his Romans and Christian martyrs, and the lion who, remembering the mild-mannered Androcles, who had once pulled a sliver from his foot, danced out of the arena with him instead of eating him.

The Roman captain was a writer, the centurion a manufacturer, Androcles a teacher of some sort, the call-boy for the fights in the arena a cabin-boy from a British merchant ship, and the tender-hearted lion some genius from the "halls."

"Androcles and the Lion."

Androcles was a Roman slave.

Androcles went up to the suffering beast.

But, after a while the retreat of Androcles was discovered.

Androcles was kept in prison for some time; and finally, according to the custom of the Romans, he was condemned to be devoured by wild beasts.

The lion to be let loose on Androcles had been kept a long time without food and was very hungry.

The kindness of Androcles had been like the honey shield to him.

The collected works of Bernard Shaw. Vol.14: Androcles and the lion.

NATHAN, GEORGE JEAN. Androcles and the lioness.

NATHAN, JULIE H. Androcles and the lioness.

The collected works of Bernard Shaw. Vol.14: Androcles and the lion.

NATHAN, GEORGE JEAN. Androcles and the lioness.

NATHAN, JULIE H. Androcles and the lioness.

20 examples of  androcles  in sentences