SOL-LEKS in Classic Quotes

1  He was called Sol-leks, which means the Angry One.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang

2  In his judgment, Sol-leks was the best lead-dog left.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership

3  Dave and Sol-leks did not mind the change in leadership.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership

4  Buck sprang upon Sol-leks in a fury, driving him back and standing in his place.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership

5  Dave and Sol-leks were unaffected, but the rest of the team went from bad to worse.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast

6  Joe was sourer than ever, and Sol-leks was unapproachable, blind side or other side.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership

7  Dave and Sol-leks, dripping blood from a score of wounds, were fighting bravely side by side.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast

8  Buck had been purposely placed between Dave and Sol-leks so that he might receive instruction.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang

9  Dave and Sol-leks alone were unaltered, though they were made irritable by the unending squabbling.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast

10  He took Buck by the scruff of the neck, and though the dog growled threateningly, dragged him to one side and replaced Sol-leks.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership

11  Buck remembered the man in the red sweater, and retreated slowly; nor did he attempt to charge in when Sol-leks was once more brought forward.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership

12  Once, during a brief halt, when he got tangled in the traces and delayed the start, both Dave and Sol-leks flew at him and administered a sound trouncing.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang

13  He was surprised at the eagerness which animated the whole team and which was communicated to him; but still more surprising was the change wrought in Dave and Sol-leks.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang

14  Dave was wheeler or sled dog, pulling in front of him was Buck, then came Sol-leks; the rest of the team was strung out ahead, single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang

15  Buck did not like it, but he bore up well to the work, taking pride in it after the manner of Dave and Sol-leks, and seeing that his mates, whether they prided in it or not, did their fair share.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership

16  Of this offence Buck was unwittingly guilty, and the first knowledge he had of his indiscretion was when Sol-leks whirled upon him and slashed his shoulder to the bone for three inches up and down.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang

17  This was the pride of Dave as wheel-dog, of Sol-leks as he pulled with all his strength; the pride that laid hold of them at break of camp, transforming them from sour and sullen brutes into straining, eager, ambitious creatures; the pride that spurred them on all day and dropped them at pitch of camp at night, letting them fall back into gloomy unrest and uncontent.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast