"Ye beldame," he said, with many oaths, "I'll pare your talons for ye."

" "Having just escaped from the focus of American talons," whispered Pith.

All beak and talons, made to tear, remorseless, crafty.

O why was the great fiend of all unchained, and permitted to assume so specious a form, and yet allowed to conceal his feet and his talons, till with the one he was ready to trample upon my honour, and to strike the other into my heart!And what had I done, that he should be let loose particularly upon me!

Bringing his horse abruptly to a stand-still, he extended a very dirty hand, ornamented with finger-nails that closely resembled the talons of an eagle.

This is to preserve it from the hungry talons and teeth of vultures and jackals.

With a curve and a sweep he circles round, down come the long bony legs, the bald and hideous neck is extended, and with talons quivering for the rotting flesh, and cruel beak agape, he hurries on to his repast, the embodiment of everything ghoul-like and ghastly.

I have seen them so piled up that the under ones were nearly smothered to death; and the writhing contortions of the long bare necks, as the fierce brutes battled with talons and claws, were like the twisting of monster snakes, or the furious writhing of gorgons and furies over some fated victim.

It is eminently to be hoped that they will be cut so short that never again will they be able to show those chiselled talons beyond her velvetthat sense, in fact, will allow sentiment no word to say.

The second time it came so near that he heard the beat of it, and saw its great, fierce head and lowering talons.

If Muskwa had been alone, the cub would have gone sailing off in those murderous talons.

amid the rav'nous brood "A bird of fiercer aspect soar "The spirits of a rival race[B], "Hang on the noxious blast, and trace, "With gloomy joy his destin'd prey; "Inflame th' ambitious with that thirsts for blood, "And plunge his talons deep in kindred gore.

Escape is impossiblethe extended talons of the fiend have clutched him by the hair.

He spoke hurriedly, almost hysterically, his eyes snapping at mine like coals, his curls dishevelled, his fingers curved and stiffened like the talons of a hawk.

At one time, as one of the mothers returned with her beak full, a large vulture seized her and carried her away; and the poor mother, struggling vainly under its talons, uttered piercing cries.

Metternich himself, in the person of Mr. HENRY VIBART, seemed hardly sinister, enough for the part he had to play in keeping the Eaglet under the talons of the "two-headed fowl."

Neither has man the peculiarities of a carnivorous animal; he has no hawk-bill, no sharp talons to tear his prey, and he wants that strength of stomach and power of digestion which is requisite to assimilate such heavy fare; his tongue is not rough, but, as compared with that of ravenous animals, of a very smooth texture; neither are his teeth pointed and rough like a saw, which above all is a distinguishing mark.

The Etruscan Death was a female, with wings upon the shoulders, head, and feet, hideous countenance, terrible fangs and talons, and a black skin.

We will not weigh too heavily, nor grind Too hard, but, having bow'd him to the earth, Leave the pursuit to otherscarrion birds, Who stoop, but not until the falcon's gorg'd Upon the prey he leaves to their base talons.

Là-dessus, il tourne les talons, laissant couvert de confusion celui qui voulait le mystifier.

Talons from the dark.

Les fers sont légers, très-minces, allongés sur les talons, et plus amincis encore là que vers la pince.

" "My children," said the old vulture, "you will the less want my instructions, because you have had my practice before your eyes; you have seen me snatch from the farm the household fowl; you have seen me seize the leveret in the bush, and the kid in the pasture; you know how to fix your talons, and how to balance your flight when you are laden with your prey.

Why have you never brought a man in your talons to the nest?"

One of the little griffins, wishing to reserve this delicate morsel for its own delectation, caught the boy up in its talons and flew away to a neighboring tree.