 | Alexander Wilson - 1844 - 558 pages
...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...At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardour; and, levelling his neck for flight, he sees ths fish-hawk once more emerge, struggling with... | |
 | Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - 1846 - 302 pages
...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...At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardour, and, levelling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk once more emerge, struggling with... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1847 - 442 pages
...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 the ear,...his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk once more emerge, struggling with his prey, and mounting in the air with screams of exultation. These are the... | |
 | 1847 - 666 pages
...branch, he watehes the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear...disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around I At this moment, the looks of the eagle are all ardor; and levelling his neck for flight, he sees... | |
 | Paul Preston, Thomas Picton - 1847 - 346 pages
...arrow from heaven, descends the distant 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 eagle are all ardor ; and, levelling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk emerge,... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pages
...from heaven, descends the distant object of his 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 eagle are all ardor; and levelling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hauk once... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1841 - 264 pages
...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...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 prey, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 pages
...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 surge foam around. At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardor ; and levelling his neck... | |
 | 1848 - 392 pages
...the distant object of 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 the eagle are all ardour; and, levelling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk once more emerge, struggling with... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1848 - 924 pages
...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 Eagle are all ardour, and, levelling his neck for flight, he »cea the fish-haw k once more emerging, «truggling... | |
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... 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. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the... 
