 | American literature - 1853 - 442 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... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - America - 1853 - 456 pages
...arrow from heaven, descends the object of his attention; the roar of its wings reaching the ear arf it disappears in the 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... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber, Mrs. Charles Wilkins Webber - Birds - 1854 - 392 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 once... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - America - 1854 - 476 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... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - America - 1854 - 528 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...disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around 1 At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardour, and levelling his neck for flight, he... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1856 - 932 pages
...on the branch, he waits the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the...around. At this moment, the looks of the eagle are all ardor, and, leveling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk once more emerge struggling with his... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1856 - 802 pages
...on the branch, he waits the result. Down, rapid as in arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the...around. At this moment, the looks of the eagle are all ardor, and, leveling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk once more emerge struggling with his... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1856 - 600 pages
...half-opened wings, 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 leveling his neck for flight, he sees the fish-hawk once... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 pages
...the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid at 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 ardour; and levelling his neck... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 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, making the surge foam around. At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardour; and levelling his neck... | |
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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... 
