 Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends...  The Port Folio - Strana 451823Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1852 - Počet stránok 670
...evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is jn-i on the point of reaching his opponent, when with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest...his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away into the woods." These predatory attacks and defensive mantruттев... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1838 - Počet stránok 208
...evolutions. The unincumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest...his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. Mr. Wilson, the author of the above eloquent passage,... | |
 | 1838 - Počet stránok 944
...evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest...descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp are it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. " These predatory... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1838 - Počet stránok 642
...The ttninciinihercd eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching bis opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops bis fish ; the eagle, poising himself (or a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like... | |
 | 1839 - Počet stránok 274
...evolutions, The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest...his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. "These predatory attacks and defensive manoeuvres of the... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1839 - Počet stránok 418
...evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish. T he eagle, poising himself, for a moment, as if to take more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind,... | |
 | 1829 - Počet stránok 528
...evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his (i-li. 'I lie eugle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more-certain aim, descends like... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1841 - Počet stránok 376
...evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest...his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods." * Of the smaller tribes of the Falccmidtz which inhabit... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - Počet stránok 516
...reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, he drops the fish. The eagle, poising himself for a moment, as...his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods." The Sea Eagle (F. ossifragiis) is also common in the... | |
 | 1850 - Počet stránok 640
...evolutions. The unimcumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream probably of despair and honest...his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotton booty silently away to the woods. This is very beautiful and very poetical, and, what is... | |
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