... but man ; and, from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes, and ocean, deep below him, he appears indifferent to the... Echoes from the Backwoods: Or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life - Seite 253von Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - 1846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1816 - 514 Seiten
...of this class, is the king of birds, Jove's own imperial Eagle, the sacred emblem of our country : ' Formed by nature for braving the ' severest cold,...of the land, possessing powers of flight capable of out' stripping even the tempests themselves ; unawed by any ' but man ; and from the etherial heights... | |
| Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 442 Seiten
...chiefly in the vicinity of the sea, and along the shores and cliffs of our lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold; feeding...outstripping even the tempests themselves; unawed by any thing but man; and from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance,... | |
| 1846 - 522 Seiten
...furnish a rich repast for the vulture, the ravens and the bald eagle, the subject of the present account. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold, feeding...outstripping even the tempests themselves, unawed by any thing but man, and from the etherial heights to which it soars, looking abroad at one glance on... | |
| 1826 - 450 Seiten
...the sea, and along the shores and cliffs of our lakes and large rivers. Formed hy nature/or hraving the severest cold ; feeding equally on the produce...sea, and of the land; possessing powers of flight capahle of outstripping even the tempests themselves; unawed hy any thing hut man ; and from the ethereal... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 532 Seiten
...of our lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally upon the produce of the sea, and of the land ; possessing...themselves ; unawed by anything but man ; and from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 538 Seiten
...of our lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally upon the produce of the sea, and of the land ; possessing...themselves ; unawed by anything but man ; and from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests,... | |
| George Montagu - 1831 - 670 Seiten
...chiefly in the vicinity of the sea, and along the shores and cliffs of our lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding...outstripping even the tempests themselves ; unawed by any thing but man : and from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance,... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 426 Seiten
...chiefly in the vicinity of the sea, and along the shores and cliff-s of our lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold; feeding...outstripping even the tempests themselves; unawed by any thing but man; and, from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance,... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 Seiten
...our lakes, and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally upon the produce of the sea and of the land ; possessing...outstripping even the tempests themselves ; unawed by any thing but man; and from the etherial heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance,... | |
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