He was accompanied by Nettuno, the mastiffs of the convent having been kennelled for the night.
Thou ought'st to have bethought thee how much reason we pilgrims have to prize the mastiffs of the mountain," answered Conrad, "and how likely it was to stir my blood to see another cur devouring that which was intended for old Uberto.
The Augustine had stepped on a rock the moment the struggle commenced, whence he made a signal which brought all the mastiffs from the convent.
The mastiffs of the convent have failed in hospitality, and the poor beast has been driven to take refuge in this retired spot, in waiting for his master, who probably makes one of the party in the refectory.
A few days ago, he was bitten by one of the mastiffs of his menagerie, and, the next day, the dog showed symptoms of hydrophobia.
Yes; he confessed, that he had been bitten a few days before by one of the mastiffs in his menagerie; unfortunately, we only learnt this circumstance after the terrible attack, which cost the life of the poor fellow we deplore.
He says some mastiffs (see Mastiff) become "berslettis, and also to bring well and fast a wanlace about.
Also of mastiffs and alaunts there be (bred) many good for the wild boar.
And when men let such mastiffs run at the boar they take him in the thick spires (wood) so that any man can slay him, or they make him come out of his strength, so that he shall not remain long at bay.
My neighbour, Mr. Penrhyn, has two noble mastiffs of the Lyme breed, which I believe is now nearly extinct.
These are not suitable for lap-dogs, but for the huge mastiffs employed in guarding sheep and which, without such protection, would be devoured by wolves!
Some of our mastiffswill rage only in the night, some are to be tied up both day and night.
The Mastiffs of Verrucchio: Verrucchio was the castle of the Malatestas, lords of Rimini, called the Mastiffs on account of their cruel tenacity.
A crafty smile touched the corners of his thin lips, and he stroked with either hand the heads of two immense mastiffs that crouched on the floor by his side.
La Hire, in such a terrible voice that the mastiffs growled and bared their teeth.
Originating in Asia, probably Tibet, many thousands of years ago, Alpine Mastiffs were brought to Asia Minor by silk merchants.
When the Romans crossed the Alps, they took a number of these mastiffswith them.
The dogs sat around us and around the Gauchos as we dined, and, it must be allowed, behaved in a most mannerly way; only the collies and mastiffs kept together.
The iron mastiffs glaring at him angrily out of the snow banks reminded him that he was in front of Mr. Worthington's door, and he thought he might as well go in at once and receive the great man's gratitude.
Worthington, where the iron mastiffs on the lawn were up to their muzzles in snow.
John tied to a stake A grand baiting will make When worried by mastiffs of France, What republican fun To see his blood run As at Lyons, La Vendée and Nantes.
Up to the stars the sprawling mastiffs fly And add new monsters to the frighted sky.
Two thirds of those in the amphitheatre were Englishmen, most of whom were amateurs, who had brought dogs of their own to pit against the regular mastiffs of the establishment.
One of the mastiffs fastened on her ear and threw her down, in the beginning of the chase, but she apparently received no other injury.
But they laughed him to scorn, and said that no Spanish cur dared follow on the heels of true English mastiffs as they were, and other boastful speeches; and at last, being heated with wine, began afresh to murmur at the captain.
The hall reached to the top of the house, and had a waggon ceiling, with mastiffs alternating with roses on portcullises at the intersections of the timbers.
Spanish caballero, or again, could I but show thee my noble cousin of Guise, then wouldst thou know how to rate these gross clownish English mastiffs who now turn thy silly little brain.
Poor child, I know thou canst not act a part, and thy return to the honest mastiffs will not further thee in it; but I have bidden Chateauneuf to do what he can for thee--and after all the eyes will not be very critical.
That island of England breeds very valiant creatures; their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage.
Two curs shall tame each other: pride alone Must tarre the mastiffs on, as 'twere their bone.
But there are two Tibetan mastiffs let loose in the grounds at night.
Even the two Tibetan mastiffs of which I had heard so much had disappeared.
To be worried to death by mastiffs was just like any other death, then.
Laying aside his gun he took one and then another of the savage mastiffs by the tail, pulled them back and fought them off, until at length he got between them and the hole under the straw stack.
The three big mastiffs in the Caledonian's lodge on the previous night had been turned loose for their morning airing and had scented the presence of an intruder in the straw pile.
The Scotchman, who (I learned later) was well known by many Mormon people, was the sole occupant of the cabin, except that three huge mastiffs shared his company.
Think how much that house must hev cost, and even them dogs," said Amanda, staring at the mastiffs with awe.
No fence divides its grounds from the public walk, and on the smooth-shaven lawn between the ornamental flower beds and the walk stand two stern mastiffs of iron, emblematic of the solidity and power of their owner.
Particularly did Folsom pet and encourage the dogs, two of them splendid mastiffs in whom Hal took unusual pride.
To the woods, the mastiffs and the greyhounds young Actæon leads, When destiny directs him into the doubtful and neglected way, Upon the track of savage beasts in forests wild.
That such as kept hounds, spaniels or mastiffs should not suffer them to go abroad, but closely confine them.
Two mastiffs let into the yard passed the bear and attacked the lion.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mastiffs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
