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Leopards

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So the French designate the English, because their heralds describe our device as a lion leopardé. Bertrand du Guesclin, the famous Breton, declared that men “devoyent bien honorer la noble Fleur-de-lis, plus quʹils ne faisaient le félon Liépard.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Leodogrance
Leon (in Orlando Furioso)
Leonard
Leonidas of Modern Greece
Leonine Contract
Leonine Verses
Leonnoys, Leonnesse, or Lyonnesse
Leonora
Leontes
Leopard
Leopards
Lepracaun
Lerna
Les Anguilles de Melun
Lesbian Poets (The)
Lesbian Rule (The)
Lese Majesty
Lessian Diet
Lestrigons
Let
Let Drive (To)