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"Wolverine" Quotes from Famous Books

... eats and eats until he is a sight, He eats until he cannot hold another tiny bite. Of course, he's just an animal—they call him Wolverine— But does he make you think of boys ...

— Animal Children - The Friends of the Forest and the Plain • Edith Brown Kirkwood

... could mistake him for either a striped or spotted hyena. His colour is dark brown, or nearly black above, and dirty grey beneath. In fact, in general colour and the arrangement of his hair, he is not unlike a badger or wolverine. ...

— The Bush Boys - History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family • Captain Mayne Reid

... Beaver, Lynx, and Badger Tried in turn the great achievement, 35 From the summit of the mountain Smote their fists against the heavens, Smote against the sky their foreheads, Cracked the sky, but could not break it; How the Wolverine, uprising, 40 Made him ready for the encounter, Bent his knees down, like a squirrel, Drew his arms back, like a cricket. "Once he leaped," said old Iagoo, "Once he leaped, and lo! above him 45 Bent the sky, as ice in rivers When the waters rise beneath it; Twice he leaped, and lo! above ...

— The Song of Hiawatha - An Epic Poem • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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