 | Ezra Sampson - 1807 - 506 pages
...of two children bring carried »IT by eagles ; but fortunately they received no hurt by the •my; and, the eagles being pursued, the children were, restored unhurt out of the nests to their affrighted parents. Less fortúnate wits n poor Scots peasant, who liaring robbed an eagle's... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pages
...but sometimes small children. An instance is recorded in Scotland of two children being carried off by eagles ; but fortunately they received no hurt...children were restored unhurt out of the nests to their affrighted parents. Less fortunate was a poor Scots peasant, who having robbed an eagle's nest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...snatched up by an eagle to heaven. An instance is recorded in Scotland of two children being carried off by eagles ; but fortunately they received no hurt...eagle is thus at all times a formidable neighbour; but peculiarly when bringing up its young. It is then that the female, as well as the male, exert all their... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1816 - 432 pages
...but sometimes small children. An instance is recorded in Scotland of two children being carried off by eagles; but fortunately they received no hurt by...children were restored unhurt out of the nests to their affrighted parents. Less fortunate was a poor Scots peasant, who having robbed an eagle's nest... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 236 pages
...an eagle's nest, by robbing the eaglets of food, which was plentifully supplied by the old ones. Ay eagles; but fortunately they received no hurt by the...way; and, the eagles being pursued, the children were found unhurt in the nests, and restored to the affrighted parents. 8. He protracted their assiduity... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...snatched up by an eagle to heaven. An instance is recorded in Scotland of two children being carried off by eagles ; but fortunately they received no hurt by the way ; and the eagles berng pursued, the children were restored unhurt Out of the nests to the affrighted parents. The eagle... | |
 | 1819 - 186 pages
...these rapacious creatures. An instance is recorded in Scotland, of two children having been carried off by eagles; but fortunately they received no hurt by...; and, the eagles being pursued, the children were found unhurt in the nests, and restored to the affrighted parents. The eagle is thus at all times a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 534 pages
...snatched up by an eagle to heaven. An instance is recorded in Scotland of two children being carried off by eagles; but fortunately they received no hurt by...parents. The eagle is thus at all times a formidable neighhour, but particularly when bringing up its young. It is then that the female, as well as the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 170 pages
...destroys fawns and calves, to drink their blood ; aiid bears a part of their fitish to his retreat. • *, by eagles; but fortunately they received no hurt by...the way; and, the eagles being pursued, the children wero found unhurt in the nests, and restored to the affrighted parents. , 7. The eagle is thus at all... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 pages
...snatched up by an eagle to heaven. An instance is recorded in Scotland of two children being carried off by eagles ; but fortunately they received no hurt...eagle is thus at all times a formidable neighbour; but peculiarly when bringing up its young. It is then that the female, as well as the male, exert all their... | |
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An instance is recorded in Scotland of two children being carried off by eagles: but fortunately they received no hurt by the way; and, the eagles being pursued, the children were restored unhurt out of the nests to the affrighted parents. 
