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Page 241 - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Page 275 - His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear, as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Page 276 - Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
Page 93 - Paraguay, could do it very well too. One day, — the table being set out for the coach-passengers' dinner, — the cloth was laid, with the knives and forks, spoons, mats, and bread, and in that state it was left for some time, the room-door being shut, though the window was open. The raven had watched the operation very quietly, and, as we may suppose, felt a strong ambition to do the like. When the coach was just arriving, the dinner was carried in — but, behold ! the whole paraphernalia of...
Page 277 - ... as before. Now his attention is again arrested, and he descends with great rapidity ; but ere he reaches the surface, shoots off on another course, as if ashamed that a second victim had escaped him. He now sails at a short height above the surface, and by a zig-zag descent and without seeming to dip his feet in the water, seizes a fish, which after carrying a short distance, he...
Page 87 - Buonaparte, for a most vigorous and persevering assault, in hopes to get possession of the town, before the reinforcement to the garrison could disembark. " The constant fire of the besiegers was suddenly increased tenfold...
Page 360 - At this rather discouraging information the brave fellows all declared, they could live on an ounce of bread and a quarter of a pint of water a day.
Page 275 - THE celebrated cataract of Niagara, is a noted place of resort for the Bald Eagle, as well on account of the fish procured there, as for the numerous carcasses of squirrels, deer, bears, and various other animals, that, in their attempts to cross the river above the Falls, have been dragged into the current, and precipitated down that tremendous gulf, where, among the rocks that bound the rapids below, they furnish a rich repast for the vulture, the raven, and the bald eagle, the subject of the present...
Page 338 - ... from one point of support to another. The points of support are the tops of strong pillars, or small towers, erected for the purpose. Over these pillars the chain passes, and is attached at each extremity of the bridge to rocks or massive frames of iron firmly secured under ground. The great advantage of suspension bridges consists in their stability of equilibrium, in consequence of which a smaller amount of materials is necessary for their construction, than for that of any other bridge. If...
Page 275 - Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes that pursue their busy avocations below ; the snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air ; the busy...