lion-hearted

• “Once, Terrence, who was nearly as large as an Airedale and fully as lion-hearted — Terrence the Magnificent, as Tom Haggin called him — had caught such a bush-dog trespassing on the beach and given him a delightful thrashing, in which Jerry and Michael, and Patsy and Kathleen, who were at the time alive, had joined with many shrill yelps and sharp nips.”

  Chapter 1

• “WHAT WENT WRONG: The Huskies lacked leadership and struggled with chemistry issues at times, and when they struggled, they did not have the lion-hearted individual to rally the troops.”

  Mid-American Conference

• “If there is a round table with Michael Eavis at the head and Maid Emily at his side, then lion-hearted Billy has a seat at the table, and is a cherished and noble knight of the Worthy realm.”

  The Guardian: Billy Bragg's Glastonbury tips

• “The 'masculine heroism' of Bouboulina was celebrated alongside the image of the Republican Mother, whom Parren clearly admired, and likened to the '... lion-hearted Spartan women who cast off unfit children and disowned husbands who cowered from war'.”

  Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity

• “My name is Leonard, the lion-hearted, from medieval times?”

  Socialites Purr at Wildlife Conservation Gala

• “I enjoy repeating it often, almost unconsciously as a reminder, I guess, of the inventiveness of Baila, my tiny, lion-hearted grandmother.”

  The Ultimate Epithet: The Grandmother Who Climbed a Fence to Fight for Union Workers

• “And while "Sully" got a noble, lion-hearted portrait photo on the cover of New York magazine, complete with halo, NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman told Matt Lauer that at least some of the Suleman brood "will be physically or mentally challenged" as they grow up.”

  Phil Bronstein: Media Mavens in Training? The Octuplet Mom vs. Captain Sully

• “It tells us that Britain - that once lion-hearted nation for which humiliation has become its national pastime - is now in trouble.”

  in defence of the bluestocking...

• “See you not that the envoy whom you have selected so carefully hath brought us, in this physician, the means of restoring the lion-hearted, bull-necked Englishman to prosecute his Crusading enterprise.”

  The Talisman

• “Richard tidings, which from another voice the lion-hearted King would not have brooked to hear without the most unbounded explosions of resentment.”

  The Talisman

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