... 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
| 1834 - 440 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,... | |
| 1834 - 700 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 ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance,... | |
| Adriano Balbi - 1835 - 578 Seiten
...rivers. Formed by nature for bearing the severest cold ; feeding equally upon the produce of the sea and the land ; possessing powers of flight, capable of outstripping even the tempests themselves; and from the ethereal height to which he soars, looking abroad at one glance on an immeasurable expanse... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1837 - 344 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...capable of outstripping even the tempests themselves; unavved by any thing but man; and from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one... | |
| 1838 - 944 Seiten
...furnish a rich repast for the vulture, the raven, and the bald eagle, the subject o the present account. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally on the produce o the sea, and of the land ; possessing powers of High capable of outstripping even the tempests themselves... | |
| 1839 - 274 Seiten
...watches and profits by his industry. Of this bird Mr. Wilson gives the following interesting account : " 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,... | |
| Samuel Willard - 1839 - 194 Seiten
...Mr. Wilson describes thus : ' 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,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 516 Seiten
...nature for bearing the severest cold ; feeding equally upon The Bald Eagle. the produce of the sea and the land . possessing powers of flight capable of...outstripping even the tempests themselves ; unawed by any thing but man ; and from the ethereal height to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance,... | |
| Alexander Wilson - 1844 - 558 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 equally on the produce of the sea and * As illustrative and explanatory of our vignette, and as a specimen of the " American Ornithology,"... | |
| Paul Preston, Thomas Picton - 1847 - 346 Seiten
...by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally upon the produce of the sea, and of th» land ; possessing powers of flight capable of 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,... | |
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