| Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham - 1860 - 294 Seiten
...insignificant critics of great people ; it is mentioned as a portent that 'A falcon, towering in its pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.' Unhappily, in our days, the phenomenon is of too frequent occurrence to be accounted prodigious." "... | |
| David Lee Child - 1861 - 48 Seiten
...give him the six electoral votes of that State, where Henry Clay was absolutely adored. " An eagle, towering in his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. 1 " New York, Pennsylvania and Georgia, all deemed doubtful States, and therefore fields fit for the... | |
| sir Henry Stewart Cunningham - 1861 - 430 Seiten
...insignificant critics of great people ; it is mentioned as a portent, that '"A falcon, towering in its pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.' Unhappily, in our days, the phenomenon is of too frequent occurrence to be accounted prodigious." "... | |
| 156 Seiten
...the monarchs of Europe, Bonaparte should be brought to the feet of the Prince Regent : — " An eagle towering in his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.' " We have said enough to show that this is a book to be road. It is not our object to follow the subject... | |
| Pierre Munroe Irving - 1862 - 408 Seiten
...all the monarchs of Europe, Bonaparte should be brought to the feet of the Prince Regent. " An eagle towering in his pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed." And now, having been led away for a moment to trace the tone of his allusion to the vast events that... | |
| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 Seiten
...is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of. Act ii. Sc. 8. A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at, and killed. Act ii. Sc. 4. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence... | |
| John Scott - 1867 - 522 Seiten
...him with a pistol shot. " Tis unnatural, Even like the deed that's done. A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed." The Loudoun Rangers lost in this fight twenty-five horses and thirteen prisoners, among whom was Lieutenant... | |
| Carsten Hauch - 1868 - 472 Seiten
...QUEBEC, CANADA. '' The liberty of the seas will be the happiness of the world.— Fulton's Motto. " A falcon towering in his pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at andkilled."_Me life of Robert Fulton, by his friend OD CoMen, pp. 250. NEW YORK : PRINTED BY MACDONALD... | |
| Lindley Spring - 1868 - 250 Seiten
...continent in the world." * Exp. to the Zambesi, p. 559, passim. CHAPTER XV. " A Falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.' " HAL. — If such a one be fit to govern, apeak : I am as I have spoken. MAED. Fit to govern ! No,... | |
| Treasury - 1869 - 474 Seiten
...is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of. Act u. Se. 3. A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at, and killed. Act ii. 6V. 4. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence... | |
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