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 ; the eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more... British Birds in Their Haunts - Page 12by Charles Alexander Johns - 1862 - 626 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1832 - 618 pages
...most elegant and sublime nerial evolution«. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is ju»t on (the point of reaching his opponent, when, with...certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in hie grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his illgotten booty silently away to the woods. Fatal... | |
| Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...just on the point of reaching his opponent, when with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honesi execration, the latter drops his fish ; the eagle,...descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere ii reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. These predatory attacks... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1832 - 1028 pages
...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...like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reiches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.' The Sea Eagle is also... | |
| Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish; ' eagle poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, scends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten... | |
| 1833 - 444 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...his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill gotten booty silently away to the woods. From, Wilson and Bonaparte's American Ornithology. THE... | |
| Gerritt Van Husen Forbes - Animals - 1833 - 32 pages
...advances, and ¡s just on the point of reaching the hawk, when with a sudden scream, probably of despair, the latter drops his fish : the eagle, poising himself...descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp before it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away. " Well, Uncle John, we think... | |
| Children's periodicals - 1833 - 438 pages
...action. Launching into the air, he darts towards his enemy, who is compelled to drop the fish : then poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, the eagle descends rapidly, snatches the poor fish in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears... | |
| Birds - 1834 - 700 pages
...the other, displaying in these rencontres the most elegant and sublime evolutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of...his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotteu booty silently away to the woods. The predatory attacks and defensive manoeuvres of the... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish ; the eagle, poising himself far л moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends...whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the wairr, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the wood*.' The bald buzzard is a powerful bird,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animals - 1837 - 344 pages
...soon gains on the fish-hawk ; each exerts his utmost to mount above the other, displaying in these rencontres the most elegant and sublime aerial evolutions....his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill gotten booty silently away to the woods." TALES OF ANIMALS. BEARDED GRIFFIN, OR LAMMER-GEYER. THESE... | |
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