 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 - Page 1631851Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...wing, and sudden suspension in the air, he knows him to be the fish-hawk (Pandion Haliatus, Savigny,) 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,... | |
 | British land birds - Birds - 1857 - 318 pages
...victim of the waters. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings on his branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, rushes the osprey, the roar of his wings reaching the ear as he disappears in the deep, making the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...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 its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animal behavior - 1859 - 720 pages
...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 his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 pages
...curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in the air, he knows him to be the fish-hawk (or ospreyj, 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,... | |
 | William Martin - Children's poetry - 1860 - 330 pages
...magazine ot nature. High over all these hovers one whose action instantly attracts the eagle's attention. He knows him to be the fishhawk, settling over some...Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention ; the roar of its wings reaches the ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 774 pages
...victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself, with half-opened wings, on UM 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 iu the deep,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers - 1860 - 368 pages
...devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself, with 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 ear as it disappears in the deep,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1860 - 372 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 ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. 9. At this moment the eager looks of the... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - Ornithologists - 1861 - 200 pages
...wings, on the branch, he watches the refult. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, defcends the diftant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it difappears in the deep, making the furges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle... | |
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