 | Sir Samuel White Baker - 1854 - 480 páginas
...a protecting power and in the heavy rifle, and he is shortly upon the track of the king of beasts. The king of beasts is generally acknowledged to be...created animals in might and sagacity, the elephant roams through his native forests. He browses upon the lofty branches, upturns young trees from sheer... | |
 | Willmott Willmott-Dixon - 1901 - 402 páginas
...Africa, and Baker assigns Behemoth the same royal pre-eminence in Asia. " The King of beasts," he says, " is generally acknowledged to be the lion ; but no...created animals in might and sagacity, the elephant roams through his native forests. He browses upon the lofty branches, upturns young trees from sheer... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1920 - 292 páginas
...is the more majestic and also the bolder of the two. ' The King of Beasts,' says Sir Samuel Baker, ' is generally acknowledged to be the lion, but no one...created animals in might and sagacity, the elephant roams through his native forests . . . monarch of all he surveys.' We shall hear another famous hunter... | |
 | Marius Maxwell - 1924 - 476 páginas
...winding you, and stealing back to prepare for a second exposure. Speaking of the Asiatic elephant, Sir Samuel Baker says: "The king of beasts is generally...created animals in might and sagacity, the elephant roams through his native forest. He browses upon the lofty branches, upturns young trees from sheer... | |
 | Marius Maxwell - 1924 - 474 páginas
...winding you, and stealing back to prepare for a second exposure. Speaking of the Asiatic elephant, Sir Samuel Baker says : "The king of beasts is generally...created animals in might and sagacity, the elephant roams through his native forest. He browses upon the lofty branches, upturns young trees from sheer... | |
 | Michael Brander - 1982 - 200 páginas
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 | E. Baxter - 2006 - 300 páginas
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 | Henry Newbolt - 2006 - 284 páginas
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The king of beasts is generally acknowledged to be the lion, but no one who has seen a wild elephant can doubt for a moment that the title belongs to him in his own right. Lord of all created animals in might and sagacity, the elephant roams through his... 