"Dragon's head" Quotes from Famous Books
... and in order not to confuse Timea by looking at her, sought some other object in the room on which to fix his eye. He chose the dragon's head in the picture of St. George. But that was the exact spot through which Timar looked into the room, so that it seemed to him as if the major directed his words purposely to him, although it was much too dark where Timar stood for any one to ... — Timar's Two Worlds • Mr Jkai
... from the trap of his Swedish foes, and, standing by the "grim gaping dragon's head" that crested the prow of his war-ship, he bade the helmsman steer for Gotland Isle, while Sigvat the saga-man sang ... — Historic Boys - Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times • Elbridge Streeter Brooks |