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• On the dexter and sinister sides, two demi-doctors, issuant of the second, and two cane heads, issuant of the third; the first having one eye, couchant, towards the dexter side of the escutcheon; the second faced, per pale, proper, and gules guardant. —  The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency
• She is represented as a lion-couchant, with the head and bust of a woman, and wears a peculiar sort of hood, which completely envelops her head, and falls down on either side of the face Transplanted into Greece, this sublime and mysterious Egyptian deity degenerates into an insignificant, and yet malignant power, and though she also deals in mysteries, they are, as we shall see, of a totally different character, and altogether inimical to human life Illustration The Sphinx is represented, according to Greek genealogy, as the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. —  Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
• After a long walk, you come to the noble portals, guarded by lions couchant, and just beyond is the spot where Louis XVI. —  Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland
• Up to whose raised hand the seas Leap, playful lions, or with head and main Across their paws lie couchant--it is pain To see thee whose heart beats are God's decrees And vital breathings are infinities Now check thy heart and hold thy breath to gain The smile and plaudit of a depths with bane In finger tips, while fawning on their knees What! —  Freedom, Truth and Beauty
• Edinburgh Castle is a noble rock--so are the Salisbury Craigs noble craigs--and Arthur's seat a noble lion couchant, who, were he to leap down on Auld Reekie, would break her backbone and bury her in the Cowgate. —  Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2

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