 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 Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 Seiten
...whose action instantly arrests his 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 his attention, the roar of \ti< wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 Seiten
...whose action instantly arrests his attention. By his wide curvature of wing and sndden 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 his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | Charles Alexander Johns - 1862 - 676 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,... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1863 - 358 Seiten
...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 from Heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of his wings reaching the ear as he disappears in the deep,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 848 Seiten
...result. THE WHITE-HEADED SEA EAGLE. 47 " 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 momenti the eager looks of the eagle... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 Seiten
...on tlie branch, he watches the result. 4. 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 watchful eagle is all... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 Seiten
...whose action instantly arrests his 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 his attention, the roar of ia wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | William Lloyd Baily - 1869 - 272 Seiten
...curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be THE BALD EAGLE. the 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,... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1870 - 718 Seiten
...whose action instanlJy arrests his 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 his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | William Jones (F. S.) - 1871 - 488 Seiten
...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, making the surges foam around. At this moment the eager looks of the eagle... | |
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