lionship

Mark was bent on solving the riddle of this lionship, if he could; and so, not without the risk of being left behind, ran back to the hotel.

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

Because brave American woodsmen can readily conquer the monarch of the American forest; and because the chicken-hearted Afric son, or dweller, trembles before the steady glare of the Afric King of Beasts, _ergo_ his bearship must in popular opinion, play subordinate to his lionship.

The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters

William Hilton, like Clare, was averse to lionship, and glad enough to escape from any crowd, whether in satin or rags; and as for Henry Behnes, he had become so fond of his

The Life of John Clare Martin, Frederick, 1830-1883 1865

Clare, was averse to lionship, and glad enough to escape from any crowd, whether in satin or rags; and as for Henry Behnes, he had become so fond of his 'Northamptonshire Peasant,' that he declared himself ready to travel with him to the ends of the world.

The Life of John Clare Frederick Martin 1856

But Mark was bent on solving the riddle of this lionship, if he could; and so, not without the risk of being left behind, ran back to the hotel.

Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

I now began to feel my way in the science, and soon came to understand that, provided a man had a nose sufficiently big, he might, by merely following it, arrive at a lionship.

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. I 1840

He was at least a Triton among the minnows, and it was pleasant to see how much he enjoyed his lionship among his brethren.

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823