Added to all this, Goliath, the miniature Belgian griffon, having probably overeaten himself, had complicated pains inside, and the callous vet.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
Some of these stories were about the great condor vulture-which the narrator, of course, described as a much bigger bird than it really is, for the condor, after all, is not so much bigger than the griffon vulture, or even the vulture of California.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
"That, I flatter myself, is my friend Miss griffon," said Mrs. Bluemits, with an air of additional importance; and the name was whispered round the circle, coupled with "Celebrated Authoress-'Fevers of the Heart'- 'Thoughts of the Moment,'" etc.
"Marriage"
Susan Edmonstone Ferrier