 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...  Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature ... - Page 359edited by - 1830Full view - About this book
 | John Howard Hinton - United States - 1850 - 1008 pages
...other, displaying in these rencontres the most elegant and sublime aerial evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of...it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. These predatory attacks a'nd defensive manoeuvres... | |
 | Literature - 1851 - 682 pages
...above the other, displaying in these rencontres the most sublime aerial evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of...certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in its grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods." The... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 690 pages
...mount above the other, displaying, in the rencounter, the most elegant and sublime evolutions. The Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of...opponent, when with a sudden scream, probably of despair, the latter drops the fish; the Eagle poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim,... | |
 | William John Broderip - Animal behavior - 1852 - 446 pages
...other, displaying in these rencontres the most elegant and sublime aerial evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of...it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. This is very beautiful and very poetical, and, what... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pages
...other ; displaying in these rencontres the most elegant and sublime aerial evolutions. The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is, just on the point...it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods."* ON VALUE (continued). ON these elementary points... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...other, displaying in these rencounters the most elegant and sublime aerial evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with :i sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops the fish ; the eagle,... | |
 | Great exhibition, 1851 - Great Exhibition - 1852 - 200 pages
...fish-hawk, with a sudden scream, drops his fish ; and now watch the movements of the eagle ; he balances himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim ; then descends like a whirlwind, snatches the falling fish, ere it reaches the water, and then silently... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - America - 1853 - 472 pages
...above the other, displaying in these rencontres the most sublime aerial evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of...it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his illgotten booty silently away to the woods." * Since leaving Athabasca, the twilight had been so... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...other, displaying in these rencounters the most elegant and sublime aerial evolutions. The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of...descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere he reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. WILSON'S AMERICAN... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...other, displaying in these rencounters the most elegant and sublime aerial evolutions. The unincumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when with a sudden soream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish ; the Eagle poising himself... | |
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