Aristeas of Proconnesus led him among the Arimaspi, a curious people who passed their lives fighting for gold with griffons in the dark.
Griffons Bruxellois are quaintness personified, and their funny little characters, full of dignity and self-sufficiency, are indicated by their no less funny little exteriors.
On a subsequent occasion, on the north side of Hermon, we observed the griffons teaching a lesson of patience to the inferior scavengers.
As the young Griffons are brought up in these lofty and precipitous places, it is evident that their first flight must be a dangerous experiment, requiring the aid of the parent birds.
The Griffons instinctively found out that man never entered these caverns, and so took possession of them.
Creeping cautiously near, we watched a score of griffons busily engaged in turning over a dead horse, one side of which they had already reduced to a skeleton.
We were now well above the rock-stack overlooking the eyries, and I could see two griffons brooding, another feeding a poult close by.
So he entered into the cavern, all shamefast, and the brachet followeth after, that he deigned not to carry, and so cometh he to the place where the griffons were.
But the brachet had returned after the damsel, whereof the griffons were wroth, and they forthwith seized on the two knights that entered into their cavern and slew them and devoured.
He hath gone," saith he, "through the cavern, so have the griffons devoured him.
By my head," saith the damsel, "that did I for the sake of the damsel of the Castle of Griffons that hateth you not a whit, for so prayed she me to do.
So soon as you shalt see the serpent griffons that have couched them therein, you shall show them this and cast her down before them.
The lord of the Castle of the Griffons marvelleth much that Lancelot delayeth so long.
The griffons have not done my will in that they have not slain you or strangled you as you slept, and, so I thought that they would have power to slay you, I would make them come to slay you now.
Griffons are hardy little dogs, though, like most others, they are more susceptible to damp than to cold.
Secondly come the Griffons of any other colour, or, as they are termed in Brussels, Griffons Belges.
At ten weeks old the milk at tea-time may be discontinued and the other meals increased accordingly, and very little further trouble need be feared, for Griffons very rarely suffer from teething troubles.
Brussels Griffons are divided into three groups, according to their appearance, and representatives of each group may be, and sometimes are, found in one and the same litter.
These are very often Griffons of the usual colour, with a mismark of white or black, or occasionally they may be grey or fawn.
The third group of Brussels Griffonsis that termed "smooth," or, in Brussels, Griffons Brabancons.
Griffons soon made their appearance at shows and won many admirers, though it must be admitted that their progress up the ladder of popularity was not so rapid as might have been expected.
This and many other facts in connection with breeding Griffons will be learnt from experience, always the best teacher.
It must be admitted that Griffons are not the easiest of dogs to rear, particularly at weaning time.
When Empire forms were in vogue they are found with sphinxes or winged griffons and on tripod stands, and in the decadence they sunk to trivial designs as inartistic as the crude earthenware butter pan in the dairy.
These scrolls have the suggestion of French First Empire decorative work found in domestic ornament and embodying bronze work sphinxes, griffons and other bold designs adapted reminiscent of Herculaneum.
In 1819 two children were devoured by Griffonson the environs of Saxe-Gotha, which induced the Government to set a price on the heads of these birds.
The knight bare in his shield three griffons of gold in sable carbuncle the chief of silver.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "griffons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
