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 half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result.... The Faculties of Birds - الصفحة 160بواسطة James Rennie - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 338عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Henry Duncan - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 442
...half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow, from heaven descends the object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching...At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardor ; and, levelling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk once more emerge, struggling with... | |
| 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 666
...at live sight, and, balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watehes the result. anything of what they had done. Franklin was waiting...hypothesis, when it occurred to him, that by meaus of a comm I At this moment, the looks of the eagle are all ardor; and levelling his neck for flight, he sees... | |
| Theodore Dwight - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 838
...His eye kindles at the sight; and balancing himself, with half-opened wings, he watches the result. 'Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the...attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear a» it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the ragcr looks of the... | |
| Paul Preston, Thomas Picton - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 346
...at the sight, and, balancing himself, with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the...object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching his ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the looks of the... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...the sight, and, balancing himself on the branch, with half opened wings, he watches the result. 6. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the...this moment, the eager looks of the eagle are all ardor, and, leveling his neck for flight, he sees the fish hawk once more emerge, struggling with his... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - عدد الصفحات: 392
...at tn« sight, and balancing himself, with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the...reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surge foam around. At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardor ; and levelling his neck... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 924
...attention, the roar of its wing« reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the purge« foam around. At this moment the. eager looks of the...all ardour, and, levelling his neck for flight, he »cea the fish-haw k once more emerging, «truggling with hin prey, and mounting in the air with scream«... | |
| 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 392
...half-opened wings on the branch, he quietly awaits the result. Down, rapid as a flash of lightning or an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object...his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the air as it disappears in 'he deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment, the eager looks of... | |
| Mrs. Loudon (Jane), Jane Loudon - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep." The fish-hawk darts into the water, the clapping of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, and makes the surges foam around. In a moment the fish-hawk emerges, struggling with its prey : but... | |
| John Frost - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 558
...at the sight, and, balancing himself, with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the...this moment, the eager looks of the Eagle are all ardor-; and, levelling his neck for flight, he sees the fish hawk once more emerge, struggling with... | |
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