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" By his wide curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be the Fish-Hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself, with. "
New York Evening Tales: Or, Uncle John's True Stories about Natural History ... - Page 21
by Gerritt Van Husen Forbes - 1833
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Curious Experiments for Preventing the Waste of Honey, and Preserving the ...

A.P. Beresford, Alexander Dedekind, Andrew Jameson, Auguste de Saint-Hilaire, Benjamin Kidd, Bouffier de Sauvages, Charles Bucke, Edward Latham Ormerod, Esq. Thomas Hale, George Hubbard, Harry Wallis Kew, Herbert S. Shorthouse, I. Hopkins, James Caldwell, James Cavanah Murphy, Lippi, M.M.M., T. Slevan, Thorsley, Travers James Briant, William Carr, William Dunbar, William Hyde Wollaston - Agriculture - 1820 - 474 pages
...devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-open wing on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid...descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of his wings reaching the ear, as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment...
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The New-York Literary Gazette, and Phi Beta Kappa Repository, Volume 1

Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and halancing himself with half opened wings, on the hranch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from Heaven, descends the distant ohject of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making...
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The North American Review, Volume 24

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1827 - 538 pages
...and balancing himself, with half opened wings, on the branch he watches the result. Down, rapid aj an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object...his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the esfr as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment tho looks of the Eagle...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volume 1

John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1829 - 528 pages
...some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight ; and balancing himself with half open wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down,...wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep. At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardour ; and levelling his neck for flight, he...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1829 - 466 pages
...some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight ; and, balancing himself with half open wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down,...wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep. At this moment, the eager looks of the eagle are all ardour ; and, levelling his neck for flight, be...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 4

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 648 pages
...some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down,...arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of bis attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 4

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 650 pages
...some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow frotn heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear...
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American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volume 2

Alexander Wilson - Birds - 1832 - 472 pages
...attention. By his wide curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be the Fish Hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His...his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the car as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment, the eager looks of...
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The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and ...

American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with halfopened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down,...attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear 11.1 it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the looks of the eagle...
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral, & philosophical ...

1832 - 618 pages
...some devoted victim of the deep. Hi* eye kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down,...attention ; the roar of its wings reaching the ear ав it disappears in the deep, making the surgte foam around! At this moment, the eager looks of the...
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