 By his wide curvature of wing and sudden suspension in the 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....  Littell's Living Age - Seite 1631851Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1841 - 264 Seiten
...half opened wings, he watches the result. 6. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention ; — the roar of its wings, reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment, the eager looks of the eagle... | |
 | William Dowling - 1849 - 356 Seiten
...this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers one whose action instantly arrests his attention. By his wide curvature of wing and sudden...Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | John Frost - 1850 - 558 Seiten
...attention. By his wide curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be 4he fish hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His...Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | John Howard Hinton - 1850 - 1008 Seiten
...half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment, the eager looks of the eagle... | |
 | 1851 - 682 Seiten
...pursue their busy avocations below: the snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air: the busy tringae coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming...attention ; the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! at this moment the eager look of the eagle... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 690 Seiten
...him to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch,...Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep.... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1852 - 446 Seiten
...pursue their busy avocations below ; — the snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air; the busy tringse coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming...Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 Seiten
...action instantly arrests his whole attention. By his wide curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be the Fish-hawk, settling over...Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of bis attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 Seiten
...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, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1853 - 472 Seiten
...pursue their busy avocations below. The snow-white gulls, slowly winnowing the air; the busy tringce, coursing along the sands; trains of ducks, streaming...attention; the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle... | |
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