 | John Howard Hinton - United States - 1850 - 1008 pages
...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...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 fishhawk... | |
 | John Frost - California - 1850 - 558 pages
...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...making the surges foam around. At this moment, the eager looks of the Eagle are all ardor-; and, levelling his neck for flight, he sees the fish hawk... | |
 | Literature - 1851 - 682 pages
...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...making the surges foam around ! at this moment the eager look of the eagle is all ardour, and, levelling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk once... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 690 pages
...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. At this moment, the eager looks of the Eagle are all ardour, and levelling his neck for flight, he... | |
 | Literature - 1851 - 640 pages
...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 the ear as he disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! at this moment the eager look of the eagle... | |
 | William John Broderip - Animal behavior - 1852 - 446 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pages
...branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of bis attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear...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... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...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...disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around it ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardour ; and levelling his neck for flight... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - America - 1853 - 472 pages
...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 the...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...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...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... | |
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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... 
