 | Alexander Wilson - 1844 - 558 pages
...in the vicinity of the sea, and along the shores and cliffs of our lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold, feeding equally on the produce of the sea and * As illustrative and explanatory of our vignette, and as a specimen of the " American Ornithology,"... | |
 | Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - 1846 - 302 pages
...the rapids below they furnish a rich repast for the vulture, the raven, and the bald eagle. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold, feeding equally...themselves, unawed by anything but man, and, from the etherial heights to which it soars, looking abroad at one glance on an immeasurable extent of forests,... | |
 | Paul Preston, Thomas Picton - 1847 - 346 pages
...by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally upon the produce of the sea, and of th» land ; possessing powers of flight capable of outstripping even the tempests themselves ; unawed by any thing but man ; and from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance,... | |
 | John Frost - 1850 - 558 pages
...repast for the vulture, the raven, and the Bald Eagle, the subject of the present account. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally...outstripping even the tempests themselves ; unawed by any thing but man; and, from the ethereal heights to which it soars, looking abroad at one glance,... | |
 | John Howard Hinton - 1850 - 1008 pages
...in the vicinity of the sea, and along the shores and dills of the lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally...outstripping even the tempests themselves; unawed by any thing but man; and, from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...chiefly in the vicinity of the sea, and along the shores and clifis of lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold — feeding equally...outstripping even the tempests themselves — unawed by any thing but man — and, from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance,... | |
 | 1855 - 506 pages
...of our lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally upon the produce of the sea and of the land ; possessing...outstripping even the tempests themselves ; unawed by any thing but man ; and, from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad at one glance... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 pages
...in the vicinity of the sea, and along the shores and cliffs of our lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally...produce of the sea and of the land: possessing powers ii flight capable of outstripping even the tempests themselves ; unawed by anything but man; and from... | |
 | 1857 - 452 pages
...in the vicinity of the sea, and along the shores and cliffs of our lakes and large rivers. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally...themselves ; unawed by anything but man, and, from tho ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - 720 pages
...rich repast for the vulture, the raven, and bald eagle, the subject of the present account. Formed by nature for braving the severest cold ; feeding equally...outstripping even the tempests themselves ; unawed by any thing but man ; and, from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance,... | |
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... but man; and from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes and ocean, deep below him ; he appears indifferent to the... 
