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" ... and bright for this climate.) They at first made small circles, and the young birds imitated them ; they paused on their wings, waiting till they had made their first flight, and then took a second and larger gyration, — always rising towards the... "
Treasury of the animal world, ed. by W. Anderson - Page 86
by Treasury - 1854
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 38

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 636 pages
...sight in one of the C'rags of Ben Weevis, near Strathgarve, as I was going, on the 20th of August, in pursuit of black game. Two parent eagles were teaching...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight. But we have touched the shore, and the lake has terminated : you are now on the river Ewe.' — p....
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Salmonia: Or, Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations. With Some ...

Sir Humphry Davy - 1828 - 326 pages
...sight in one of the Crags of Ben Weevis, near Strathgarve, as I was going, on the 20th of August, in pursuit of black game. Two parent eagles were teaching...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight. But we have touched the shore, and the lake has terminated: you are now on the river Ewe. POIET. —...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 38

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 646 pages
...was going, on the 20th of August, in pursuit of black game. Two parent eagles "were teaching thek' offspring — two young birds, the manoeuvres of flight....and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight. But we have touched the shore, and the lake has terminated : you are now on the river Ewe.' — p....
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The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 38-39

1828 - 592 pages
...offspring — two young birds, the manreuvres of flight. They began by rising from the top of a mountain iu the eye of the sun, (it was about mid-day, and bright...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight. But we have touched the shore, and the lake has terminated : you are now on the river Ewe.' — p....
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The American National Preacher, Volumes 27-30

1853 - 1142 pages
...always rising towards the sun, and enlarging their circle of flight, so as to make a gradual extended spiral. The young ones still slowly followed, apparently...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight." So " they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ; they shall mount up with wings as eagles;...
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 11

1831 - 584 pages
...followed, apparently flying better as they mounted, and they continued this sublime kind of exercise till they became mere points in the air, and the young...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight. The Same. SIGNS OF THE WEATHER. P. I HOPE we shall have another good day to-morrow, for the clouds...
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Salmonia: Or: Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations; with Some ...

Sir Humphry Davy - 1832 - 330 pages
...sight above one of the Crags of Ben Weevis, near Strathgarve, as I was going, on the 20th of August, in pursuit of black game. Two parent eagles were teaching...lost, and afterwards their parents, to our aching » o * | > • • » • ' i * * sight. But we have touched the shore, and the lake has terminated...
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Salmonia: Or: Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations; with Some ...

Sir Humphry Davy - 1832 - 400 pages
...20th of August, in pursuit of black game. Two parent eagles were teaching their offspring — twoyoung birds — the manoeuvres of flight. They began by...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight. But we have touched the shore, and the lake has terminated : you are now on the river Ewe. POIET. —...
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Salmonia: Or: Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations; with Some ...

Sir Humphry Davy - 1832 - 338 pages
...waiting till they had made their first flight, and then took a second and larger gyration,—always rising towards the sun, and enlarging their circle...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight. But we have touched the shore, and the lake has terminated : you are now on the river Ewe. POIET.—Are...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 20

Walter Scott - 1848 - 418 pages
...in the eye of the sun (it was about mid-day, and bright for this climate). They at first made srosll circles, and the young birds imitated them ; they...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight. But we have touched the shore, and the lake has terminated : you are now on the river Ewe." — Pp....
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