| Marcius Willson - 1860 - 372 Seiten
...feathered tribes that pursue their busy avocations 6 below—the snowwhite gulls, slowly winnowing the air; trains of ducks streaming over the surface; silent and watchful cranes, intent 6 and wading; clamorous crows, and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast... | |
| Traits, William White Cooper - 1861 - 402 Seiten
...below : the snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air ; the busy tringae coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface ; silent...all these hovers one whose action instantly arrests all his attention. By his wide curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in the air, he knows him to... | |
| 1861 - 270 Seiten
...below — the snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air, the busy tringic coursing along the sands, trains of ducks streaming over the surface, silent...intent and wading, clamorous crows, and all the winged multitude that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers... | |
| Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1861 - 200 Seiten
...; the bufy tringoe, courfing along the fands ; trains of ducks ftreaming over the furface ; filent and watchful cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous crows ; and all the winged multitudes that fubfift by the bounty of this vaft liquid magazine of nature. High over all thefe hovers one, whofe... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 Seiten
...— the snow-white gulls, slowly winnowing the air ; the busy sand-pipers, coursing along the beach; trains of ducks, streaming over the surface; silent...his wide curvature of wing and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 Seiten
...elamorous erows, and all the winged multitndes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquidmagazine of nature. High over all these hovers one whose action...arrests his attention. By his wide curvature of wing and sndden suspension in air, he knows him to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 Seiten
...the snow-white gulls, slowly winnowing3 the air; the busy shore-birds, coursing* along the sands ; trains of ducks, streaming over the surface; silent...multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine5 of Nature. 3. High overall these hovers one whose action instantly arrests his whole attention.... | |
| 1864 - 632 Seiten
...snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air; the busy sandpipers (tringic) coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful cranes intent and wading; and clamorous crows. High over all these hovers the fish-hawk, whose wide curvature of wing and sndden... | |
| 1864 - 1238 Seiten
...snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air; the busy sandpipers (triugse) coursing along the sands; trains of ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful cranes intent and wading; and clamorous crows. High over all these hovers the fish-hawk, whose wide curvature of wing and sudden... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 Seiten
...— the snow-white gulls, slowly winnowing the air ; the busy sand-pipers, coursing along the beach; trains of ducks, streaming over the surface; silent...cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous crows, and all the winded multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all... | |
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