He ventured out only when thegriffins were away, to seek berries or shoot small game with a bow which he had made in imitation of those he had seen in his father's hall.
Undismayed by the sharp thorns, Hagen quickly crept out of the griffin's reach and took refuge in a cave, where he found three little girls who had escaped from the griffins in the same way.
The griffins being disposed of, the young people roamed about the island at will, keeping a sharp lookout for any passing vessel which might convey them home.
To appropriate the armor and weapons for which he had so long and vainly sighed was the youth's first impulse; his second was to go forth and slay the griffins which had terrorized him and his little companions for so many years.
If you should ever visit the old town, you would still see the little griffins on the sides of the church; but the great stone griffin that was over the door is gone.
Cleopatra seated him beside her upon a throne with golden griffins on either side, and clapped her little hands together.
At night he was haunted by dreams in which he beheld Nyssia seated by his side upon cushions of purple between the goldengriffins of the royal throne.
Lions lie beneath the spring of the arch, and winged griffins and other mystic animals are on brackets along the facade.
Winged griffinswith serpent tails prance on each side of a vine, from which serpents' heads look out.
But the hawks, when they saw they were pursued, increased their speed, and flew like the wind, and left their pursuers so far behind that they appeared to the griffins like three specks on the sky.
The swans dropped down on the sea; and when the griffins saw the hawks no longer straight before them, they gave up the chase.
Then the angry griffins let fly from their eyes, and from their open beaks, bright flashes of flame straight forward, which overtook and blinded the hawks, and scorched them, so that they could bear the heat no longer.
Afterwards king Edward granted the rule of Wales vnto Blengent or Blethgent, & Riuall, Griffins two brethren, which did homage vnto him for the same, and had serued vnder Harold against their brother the foresaid Griffin.
Now the griffins are the richest beasts in the world; and that's the reason they keep so close under ground.
But," thought he, "griffins are not like the rest of the world, and so rich an heiress is not to be won by ordinary means.
He was like the griffinsor the flying fabulous birds.
He also mentioned griffins and treasures of gold in the north between the Tanais and the northern ocean.
The entrance was like that of other pagodas, two white griffins looking up at the sky, with busy modern life at their feet.
Oh, were I a capitana, Or sultana, Amber should be always mixt In my bath of jewelled stone, Near my throne, Griffins twain of gold betwixt.
The throne seems to be of stone, with small boys andgriffins holding shields charged with the Cross Keys on the arms.
Of the carved bands the innermost is purely renaissance, with candelabra, medallions, griffinsand leaves all most beautifully cut in the warm yellow limestone.
The screen has two octagonal colonnettes with a cable necking, and rough caps with volutes, but no foliations support an arch beneath a steep gable; a Latin cross with griffins crouching on each side fills the space between.
Over this gate the Venetian lion still appears, a rather late example, but in refreshing contrast with the griffins supporting the Austrian arms above, a work of 1814.
The griffins and sea horses, the portraits on the lids, all are most exquisitely treated.
The churchyard of Ecclefechan is profusely strewn with the graves of the family, all with coats of arms--two griffins with adders' stings.
It was high time, for at this moment one of the griffinsswooped down upon him.
He would not have hesitated to fight all the griffins and giants in the world.
Meanwhile the young griffins were grown up, and were able to go out in search of food for themselves, so that the boy could no longer wander about as freely and fearlessly as before.
The little griffins fell upon the child, and prepared to devour him, but he made ready for his defence, thrust back their bills with all his strength, and caught the birds by the throat striving to throttle them.
Great was their joy when they found that thegriffins were dead.
Then they all besought him to say how it befell That, living with the griffins he had come off so well.
Quickly the stern old griffinscame down beside the wave; Seizing many drowned ones, back to their nest they hurried.
To him wild Hagen answered: "That will I tell to you; One of those dreadful griffins bore me hither too.
One of the griffins seized me, and to the cave did carry; I cannot live all lonely, and here with you would I most gladly tarry.
When to the hungry nestlings the food they took in haste, Back again the griffins came from their offspring's nest; From what far spot I know not, along the sea-paths flying.
It is probable that the origin of the belief in griffins must be looked for in the East, where it seems they have been very ancient.
The rectilinear feathers of the models upon the Tigris were in Persia transformed into the graceful but unnatural curves seen also in the griffins of Greek architecture.
They were sometimes supplanted by votive offerings suited to the position, such as tripods, or by griffins and other symbolical figures.
He orders his mafoo to inspect the new season's griffins as they arrive, and arrange with the dealer to bring three or four of the best for his approval.
And he found--found the tree with the dainty little swinging chamber, and the younggriffins staring at him.
At the Priory gate--where the griffins were grinning as derisively as ever at the ridiculous ways of men--they took their respective roads.
All local and practical topics were to be dropped, as soon as the moss-grown griffins who guarded the Garden of Forgetfulness were passed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "griffins" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
