Hiding behind the wall, she sees the stranger advancing, keeps her eyes on him and suddenly pounceswhen he comes within reach.
The instant that an insect tumbles into the pitfall, the grub pouncesupon it, writhes itself round it like a serpent, transfixes it with its jaws, and sucks its juices at its ease.
In some part of these out-works she stations herself as an advanced guard, and when the beetle ventures within her circumvallations, she pounces upon him and kills him.
The lion, if he is in fighting mood, singles out one of them, and pouncesupon him.
The natives say that, in such a case, the lion usually waits for the man to go to sleep, and then watches him till he begins to move and shows signs of awaking, when he pounces upon him.
Derision is never so agonizing as when itpounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility.
While she is thus occupied the Blatant Beast pounces upon her, and is about to bear her away when her cries startle her companions.
They are just about to emerge from this dark ravine, when the robber who managed to escape suddenly pounces upon the priest, determined to slay him so as to avenge his dead comrades.
Seeing White Aster in the brigands' power, this stranger bursts open the door and pounces upon the robbers, several of whom he slays after a desperate conflict.
In the high beech woods this Flycatcher pounces on the little insects that play in the rays of sunlight that filter through the openings between the branches.
Sometimes it flies on to a high branch, keeping quite still, except that now and then it makes a bow and raises its tail; then all at once it flies to the ground, pounces on the awaited booty, returns to its bough and devours its prey.
Eugen despatches Kleist upon him; who pounceswith his usual fierce felicity upon these people.
The Philanthus, a less scrupulous pirate, pounces on the Bee, stabs her to death and makes her disgorge in order to feed upon her honey.
The choice is made: the Philanthus pounces on her prey.
When the condor pounces down upon the meat, and remains gorging himself, the native fastens its legs by means of the rope to the skin.
She has two unhappy wenches, against whom her old tongue is clacking from morning till night: she pounces on them at all hours.
He scents plunder from afar off: and pounces out on it.
It is a native of Great Britain, where it inhabits the high rocks and cliffs that overhang the sea, and whence it pounces on the birds, fish, or seals that it can procure for its prey.
When enraged, he growls rather than roars; and springs up to a great height before he pounces on his prey.
Alice, with a sinking, pounces on her daughter's engagement finger; but it is unadorned.
It is Alice's chance; shepounces upon Amy's hand, whirls her out of the hiding place, and seems to greet her at the other door.
She pounces on the straps: and the two set Edstaston free between them.
She pounceson the straps, and begins unbuckling them.
Tschudi tells us that it pouncesupon an adversary five times as large as itself, and despite all efforts to dislodge it, succeeds in overcoming its prey.
He hath pounced on thee as a hawk pounces on little birds, so that no more hast thou right or title or claim to valour or skill in arms till the very day of doom and of life, thou little imp of an elf-man!
