 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pages
...wise, In common , rang'd in ligure, wedge their waj, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their aery caravan , high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their ffighl; so steers Ihe prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds; the air 293 291 « facilitent... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1843 - 424 pages
...has always found that some of his birds, and particularly the swallow-kind, are very sparing of their pains in crossing the Mediterranean ; for, when arrived at Gibraltar, they do not ' Rang'd in figure, wedge their way, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...wise, In common, ranged in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their aery caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight; so steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds; the air Floats as they pass,... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1843 - 218 pages
...wise, In common, ranged in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their aery caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight ; so steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds ; the air Floats as they pass,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...wise In common, rang'd in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their aery ; This night his treasur'd heaps he meant to steal, And what a fund of charit flight ; so steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds ; the air Floats as they pass,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1844 - 306 pages
...brother has always found that some of his birds, particularly the swallow kind, are very sparing of their pains in crossing the Mediterranean ; for, when arrived...— Ranged in figure, wedge their way, and set forth Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight ;— MMm. but scout and hurry along in... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 pages
...the region ; part more wise, In common, rang'd in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing, Easing their flight. So steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage." The common crane is found in the north of GRALLjE.... | |
 | 1845 - 564 pages
...the winged nations, that, " In common, ranged in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons ; and set forth Their airy caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight" The mutual dependence of man on man, family on family, interest on interest, is but a chapter... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...region ; part more wise, In common, ranged in figure, wedge their way, 425 Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight ; so steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds ; the air 430 Floats, as they... | |
 | Migratory birds - 1847 - 74 pages
...vast assemblage of these birds — " Ranged in figure, wedge their onward way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight ; so steers the prudent Goose Her annual voyages, borne on winds ; the air Floats, as they pass,... | |
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Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight... 
