 | British birds - 1840 - 326 pages
...pursuit of black game. Two parent eagles were teaching their offspring, two young birds, the manœuvres of flight. They began by rising from the top of a...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight." GOLDEN EAGLE. ,» :,t:o... •H•:. •..' t':'; ¿l • ,'' . li'r.'. • . • ..¿M. •• ' l:... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...followed, apparently flying better as they mounted ; nnd [ they continued this sublime kind of Btercise, always rising, till they became mere points in the air, and the young ones were lout, nnd afterwards their parents, to our itching sight." What an instructive lesson to Christian... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 460 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."—Pp. 84-86.... | |
 | 1870 - 406 pages
...so as to make a gradually extending spiral. The young ones still slowly followed, apparently fljing better as they mounted ; and they continued this sublime...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight." And is not this a picture of the way in which God dealt with the children of Israel when they were... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 446 pages
...flying better as they mounted; and they continued this sublime kind of exercise, always rising till ihey became mere points in the air, and the young ones...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.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 354 pages
...better as they mounted ; and they continued this sublime kind of exercise, always rising, till they were mere points in the air, and the young ones were lost,...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight." Not long since, a man in Connecticut shot an eagle of the largest kind. The bird fell to the ground,... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1851 - 446 pages
...the clouds. It is GOLDEN EAGLE. reputed to have the power of gazing undazzled on the unclouded sun. rising from the top of a mountain, in the eye of the...young ones were lost, and afterwards their parents, to the aching sight. "What an instructive lesson to Christian parents," observes Mr. Kirby, " does this... | |
 | David Thomas - 456 pages
...of Ben Nevis, as I was going, on the 20th of August, in the pursuit of black game. Two parent birds were teaching their offspring, two young birds, the...and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight." " Spreadeth abroad her wings." * It is said that when she finds her young ones weary or unwilling,... | |
 | 1853 - 604 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... | |
 | 1853 - 410 pages
...still slowly following, and apparently flying better as they mounted. Thus they continued the sublime exercise, always rising, till they became mere points...ones were lost£ and afterwards, their parents, to the aching sight. Children are like the eaglets. They do what they see others do. Would a child ever... | |
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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... 
