... asserted in 1894 that “The panther was long called a ‘tyger’ in the Carolinas.”21 It is evident, then, that Goldsmith was correct both in his use of the word tigers and in the habitat that he ascribed to them. Indiana University 15“L’animal auquel on a donne le nom de tigre...

... laberinto de sueiios yo regred como a mi casa a la dura prisi6n. Bendije su humedad, bendije su tigre, bendije el agujero de luz, bendije mi viejo cuerpo doliente, bendije la tiniebla y la piedra. Entonces ocurri6 lo que no puedo olvidar ni comunicar. . . . (pp. 109-10...

... cuanto me rodea?” In romantics and in men of the ’98 alike, the problem of man’s ultimate destiny is a constant preoccupation. Ayala is no exception. Tigre Juan’s prayer on the train repeats the conse- crated question : ‘‘2 Ad6nde vamos, de d6nde venimos ?” Here Ayala’s immanentism is powerless...

... 3aboon. 2 Beare 4 2 Camel.. 4 20 2 ipe 2 Tigre.. 3 2 Elephant. 8 36 2 Monky.. .. 2 Pard.. 3 7 Bull. 7 40 2 ;loth.. 1 2 Ounce. 2 7 urns. 7 40 2 Cat.. 2 2 ?orcupine . 7 Bisonr.. 7 40 2 Tedghog.. I 2 Civet-cat...

... and again she begs for mercy. Cassandra, Hecuba, and Helen join her plea. But he goes. Andromache rushes to Priam, who forces Hector to return. Hector is described as “like a tigre or a lyoun wood” (5138). They succeed only in delaying his death, for when he learns that Margeton has been...

... of the Arcite who was “yong and myghty” ( 1423), . “gentil of condicioun” (1431), and who fought like a “crueel tigre” (1657). He loses his lady and dies a long, lingering death, which in Boccaccio is lingering mainly in order to allow for long, noble speeches, but which in Chaucer is lin- gering...

... the Inca empire: Los que viven en los Antis comen carne humana, son más fieros que tigres, no tienen Dios ni ley, ni saben qué cosa es virtud. . . . Si cautivan alguno en la guerra, o de cualquiera otra suerte, sabiendo que es hom- bre plebeyo y bajo, lo hacen cuartos, y se los dan a sus...

... to precisely in order to evoke a background (and the atmosphere of fatalism). Compare the following passages from Heredia : Au choc clair et vibrant des cymbales d’airain, Nue, allongCe au dos d’un grand tigre, la Reine Regarde, avec 1’Orgie immense qu’il entraine...

... des cymbales d’airain, Nue, allongCe au dos d’un grand tigre, la Reine Regarde, avec 1’Orgie immense qu’il entraine, Iacchos s’avancer sur le sable marin (Ariune) D’un oeil morne, comptant leurs compagnons dCfunts, Les soldats regardaient, comme...