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" The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more... "
Echoes from the Backwoods: Or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life - Seite 256
von Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - 1846
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District School Journal for the State of New-York, Bände 1-3

1840 - 310 Seiten
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The Magazine of Natural History, Band 1

1829 - 528 Seiten
...the latter drops his (i-li. 'I lie eugle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more-certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his...his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods." In proof, however, of the innate cowardice of this formidable robber, the same author adds, — " When...
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A Pictorial Geography of the World: Comprising a System of Universal ...

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 516 Seiten
...opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, he drops the fish. The eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to...ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods." The Sea Eagle (F. ossifragiis) is also common in the Middle States, as in other parts of the country. In...
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Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of ...

Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1841 - 376 Seiten
...when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish ; the eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to...his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods." * Of the smaller tribes of the Falccmidtz which inhabit the fur-countries, we shall satisfy ourselves...
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The poetical works of Alexander Wilson: also his miscellaneous prose ...

Alexander Wilson - 1844 - 558 Seiten
...when, with a sudden scream, probahly of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to...his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods." These predatory attacks and defensive manoeuvres of the eagle and the fish-hawk, are matters of daily...
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Littell's Living Age, Band 26

1850 - 640 Seiten
...opponent, when, with a sudden scream probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish. The eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to...his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotton booty silently away to the woods. This is very beautiful and very poetical, and, what is...
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Paul Preston's Voyages, Travels, and Remarkable Adventures as Related by Himself

Paul Preston, Thomas Picton - 1847 - 346 Seiten
...when, wilh a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish ; the eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to...his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods." Not a day now passed without Frank and I engaging in some gunning expedition, utterly regardless what...
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Dwight's American Magazine, Band 3

Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 Seiten
...sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the 434 435 ea^le, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more...aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grusp ere it reaches the water, and Ьепгв his illgotten booty silently away to the woods. There...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Revised Edition, Bände 1-2

1847 - 666 Seiten
...opponent, when with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish; the eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to...take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatehes it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away into...
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Western Miscellany, Band 1

Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 Seiten
...a sudden scream, probably of despair ff-rifit« and honest execration, the latter drops his fish ; the eagle, poising himself for a moment as if to take...bears his illgotten booty silently away to the woods. These predatory attacks and defensive nianoluvrcs of the eagle and fish-hawk are matters of daily observation...
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