 | Charles Ellms - Shipwrecks - 1841 - 606 pages
...the spoil. " The eagle soars alone ; the gull and crow Flock o'er their carrion just as mortals do." These large and powerful foes he had now to scare...and, to get within hail of her, he must swim over Gorton Sands, the grave of thousands, the breakers at this time showing their angry white crests. As... | |
 | Children's literature - 1846 - 872 pages
...formidable birds together, all prepared to contest for and share the spoil. These large and powerfnl foes he had now to scare from their intended prey,...off, and to get within hail of her he must swim over Gorton Sands (the grave of thousands), the breakers at this time showing their angry white crests.... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1846 - 460 pages
...countless number of these formidable birds together, all prepared to contest for and share the spoil. These large and powerful foes he had now to scare...off, and to get within hail of her he must swim over Gorton Sands (the grave of thousands), the breakers at this time showing their angry white crests.... | |
 | Frances Osborne - Geography - 1850 - 344 pages
...countless number of these formidable birds together, all prepared to contest for a share of the spoil. These large and powerful foes he had now to scare...splashing with his hands and feet, in a few minutes they disappeared. " He now caught sight of a vessel at anchor, but a great way off, and to get within hail... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1851 - 332 pages
...countless number of these formidable birds together, all prepared to contest for a share of the spoil. These large and powerful foes he had now to scare...splashing with his hands and feet, in a few minutes they disappeared. " He now caught sight of a vessel at anchor, but a great way off, and to get within hail... | |
 | Fanny Osborne - Geography - 1852 - 394 pages
...all prepared to contest for a share of the spoil. These large and powerful foes he had now to snare from their intended prey, and, by shouting and splashing with his hands and feet, in a few minutes they disappeared. " He now caught sight of a vessel at anchor, but a great way off. and to get within hail... | |
 | Yachting - 1857 - 584 pages
...countless number of these formidable birds together, all prepared to coniest for and share the spoil. These large and powerful foes he had now to scare...by shouting and splashing with his hands and feet, ma few minutes they vanished from sight and hearing. He now caught sight of a vessel at anchor, but... | |
 | William Martin - Children's literature - 1864 - 366 pages
...birds together, all prepared to contest for and share the spoil. These large and powerful foes he had to scare from their intended prey, and by shouting and splashing with his hands and feet he soon convinced them that he was far from being a corpse, and in a few minutes they vanished from... | |
 | Christian fiction, English - 1875 - 380 pages
...countless number of these formidable birds together, all prepared to contest for and share the spoil. These large and powerful foes he had now to scare...off, and to get within hail of her he must swim over Gorton Sands (the grave of thousands), the breakers at this time showing their angry white crests.... | |
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... the spoil. These large and powerful foes he had now to scare from their intended prey, and by shouting and splashing with his hands and feet, in a few minutes they vanished from sight and hearing. 