 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - Birds - 1828 - 442 pages
...mentioned above, from the great partiality he has for fish. " In procuring these he displays, in a very singular manner, the genius and energy of his character,...when put forth, overpowering all opposition. Elevated upon a high dead limb of some gigantic tree, that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 408 pages
...naturalists, from the age of Pliny to the present day. " In procuring these, he displays, in a very singular manner, the genius and energy of his character,...some gigantic tree, that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 406 pages
...naturalists, from the age of Pliny to the present day. "In procuring these, he displays, in a very singular manner, the genius and energy of his character,...not exerted but on particular occasions ; but when putforth, overpowering all opposition. Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree, that commands... | |
 | 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
...Wilson, the American ornithologist, gives the following description of the white-headed eagle : — " Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree, that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the feathered tribes that... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...his power, which bear down all opposition. " Elevated," says Wilson, in his American Ornithology " on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree, that commands a high view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various... | |
 | English literature - 1846 - 522 pages
...mentioned above, from the great partiality he has for fish. In procuring these, he displays in a very singular manner the genius and energy of his character, which is fierce, daring, contemplative, and tyrannical. Attributes not exerted but on particular occasions, but when... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...mentioned ahove, from the great partiality he has for fish. In procuring these he displays, in a very singular manner, the genius and energy of his character,...is fierce, contemplative, daring, and tyrannical; attrihutes not exerted hut on particular occasions ; hut when put forth, overpowering all opposition.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1827 - 538 pages
...mentioned above, from the great partiality he has for fish. ' la procuring these he displays, in a very singular manner, the genius and energy of his character,...tyrannical ; attributes not exerted but on particular ocasions; but when put forth, overwhelming all opposition. Elevated upon a high dead limb of some gigantic... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1827 - 532 pages
...mentioned above, from the great partiality he has for fish. ' In procuring these he displays, in a very singular manner, the genius and energy of his character,...tyrannical ; attributes not exerted but on particular ocasions ; but when put forth, overwhelming all opposition. Elevated upon a high dead limb of some... | |
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Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes that pursue their busy avocations below, — the snow-white... 
