By the beginning of this century these ideas of the personel of supernatural agencies had become slightly modified in this country at least, giants and dragons having given way to fairies, brownies, elves, witches, etc.
We are also introduced there to dragons and other monsters which have human understandings, and, guided by a wicked spirit, could do great mischief.
No knight of love can ever be discomfited by all the dragons in the world," Dick said.
And the best of it, Leo, is in this case the dragons are more right than you think, and you are more right than they just the same.
And for that I shall sing you the Gloria," she answered, "to celebrate the slaying of the dragons by Saint Leo, by Saint Terrence .
The dragons are the kings of the nations, and their wine means their ways, and the head of asps is the head of the Greek kings who came to inflict vengeance upon them.
Almost all the other dragonsin the world are white, or yellow, green or purple, blue, or pink.
And many small golden dragonson surcoat and robe he bare, Enriched with many a jewel, and with red eyes of ruby fair.
And Parzival won him honour, for here hath he rightly shown How before a hundred dragons one man well might hold his own.
Thou shouldst become a knight, and go out to conquer giants and dragons thyself," jestingly said the Duchess.
I wish that hell would gather all her golden dross, And set thedragons to watch over it, Instead of tempting wretched human souls Into perdition.
The dragons dart fire from their mouths and eyes; and when you have got into this cave, you will meet with a very deep hole, into which you must go down, and you will find it full of toads, adders and serpents.
Oh, if a higher power would at some future day permit him to model with his strong hands this battle of the Amazons, this Phoebus Apollo, radiant in beauty and the glow of victory, conquering the dragons of darkness!
Thereupon they asked three of the most active dragons which of them could bring them, in the shortest time, some water from the river Jordan.
Then the falcons pursued her, and drove her out of the lake, and she flew into the clouds, but there the dragons hurried after her.
But others supposed he was so called of his wisedome and serpentine subtiltie, or for that he gaue the dragons head in his banner.
The cause why he was surnamed Pendragon, was, for that Merline the great prophet likened him to a dragons head, that at the time of his natiuitie maruelouslie appeared in the firmament at the corner of a blasing star, as is reported.
If their birch-trees were as plumy then as now, there was nothing finer than they in all that a viking adorned his ships with, not even the gilt dragons at the prow.
On which the Dragon clawed a handful of hair out of his head, and Harry screamed, and the blue Dragonsbarked and danced.
But on he had to go, wondering all the time how near it was to twelve o'clock, and whether the Snap-Dragons would stay till midnight and take him with them to Vesuvius.
And before Harry could reply, the Snap-Dragons came on their third round, and as they passed they swept Harry with them.
The Dragons had disappeared as completely as the brandy.
The Dragons moved slower, they could not leap so high, and at last one after another they began to go out.
You don't know how many human beings dance with Dragons on Christmas Eve.
Dragons was lying near, and not joining in the game.
In the face they were like the dragons one sees made of very old blue and white china; and they had forked tongues like the tongues of serpents.
It's dangerous for a boy like you to be alone with the Snap-Dragons tonight.
On which the blue Dragon clawed another handful of hair out of his head, and all the Dragons barked as before.
While smiting down the giants and dragons which beset the outward world, are there no evil guests sitting by his own hearth-stone?
How these dragons looked I can not describe: nowadays every body knows that dragons are not things to be trifled with or laughed at.
Luckily for us, the dragonswere not at home when we arrived.
The dragons seemed to be suddenly turned to stone; not another step forward did they take.
The dragons did every thing in their power to get it from me, and made all sorts of promises, but when they saw they could not persuade me, begged me at least to give them the horse.
Then she wept for joy at seeing people from the place from whence the dragons had stolen her.
You probably think that you will conquer the dragons by mere will?
Two dragons led the blind prince out of the palace, and the matter was settled.
I perceived it would not be right to leave them in such a sad state, so I returned the horse and went on with my companion and the bird, but the dragons almost stared their eyes out after it.
The court-yard was filled and the woods were swarming with a host of dragons and all sorts of wild beasts of every size.
But when they reached the palace of the nine dragons the emperor marveled at its magnificence.
Some one is coming," replied thedragons who mounted guard at the bridge.
The dragons chased me until I reached my comrade, who was waiting for me on the frontier.
We won't linger over the story any longer, we know what always happens when dragons and princes meet.
Our ideas ofdragons and serpents are probably derived from the Scandinavians.
Griffins and dragons were fabled, by the Danes, as watching over, and defending, hoards of gold.
The warriors sat down there, and saw on the water The sea-dragons swimming to search the abysses.
There was grief all through the water-world; from the mermaids on their beds of sponge, and the dragons in the rocky caverns, down to the tiny gudgeons in the rivers, that were considered no more than mere bait.
All the world shook, the clouds lowered to the earth, floods of water poured from the sky, and a sound like the fighting of a myriad of dragons filled the air.
But they fought for their lives, and for their wives, and for their children; therefore they exerted themselves and likedragons did they fight.
Dragons and venomous serpents surrounded her, as toads and other reptiles frequent the abode of her vegetable prototype, and, when they pair in the spring, throw mud and water over its leaves and branches.
Missen bread is made of the Water Dragons (Calla palustris).
So the wicked fairy drove away disappointed in the chariot with the very dragons which had brought her away in the morning, and just had time to get their feed of black bread.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dragons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
