| George Huddesford - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 220
...wall eye, squint eye Had wept, if you'd been slain by Drake ! hukespeare's owl that killed a falcon. A falcon, towering in his pride of place, Was, by a mousing owl, hawk'd aland killed. <25 If, when such tragic fate befel ye, On duck or drake we 'd chanc'd to dine,... | |
| William Gifford - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 220
...NOTES. for an antagonist: this, though not quite so fair, is not altogether unprecedented; An eagle towering in his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at! There is a trait of scholarship in Mr. Jerningham's last poem, which should not be overlooked; more... | |
| Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - عدد الصفحات: 400
...that portentous omen, which marked a people's degradation, and the successful crime of an intruder : A falcon, towering in his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. Yes, my friend! — my heart bleeds while I utter it; but I have fearful forebodings, that 250 you... | |
| 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 956
...question — other views of his, too, they damned with the stigma of their praise. The bait caught — the falcon, towering in his pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. The visitation of Providence overtook the second of the noblemen before alluded to, and the Protestant... | |
| Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...which marked a people's degradation, and the successful crime of an intruder: A falcon, towering in bis pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. Yes, my friend!—my heart bleeds while I utter it; but I have fearful forebodings, that you may hereafter... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...place" is a term of falconry, and means the highest pitch of flight. — See Macbeth , &c.| " An Eagle towering in his pride of place "Was by a mousing Owl hawked at and hilled." Note 2 , pnce i 5 , line 9. Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord. See the famous... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 308
...place" is a term of falconry, and means the highest pitch of flight. — See Macbeth, &c. " An Eagle towering in his pride of place " Was by a mousing Owl hawked at and killed." 2. Such as Ifarmodiut drew on Atheni' tyrant lonl. Stanza xx. line 9. See the famous song on Harmodius... | |
| 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 618
...— the highest pitch of the eagle's flight. Shakespeare, in his Macbeth, says, An eagle, towering to his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at, and killed. Note VIII. Yet ! these are talismans, that break The sleep of visions. Amulet, a charm, or preservation... | |
| 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 988
...question — other views of his, too, they damned with the stigma of their praise. The bait caught — the falcon, towering in his pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. The visitation of Providence overtook the second of the noblemen before alluded to, and the Protestant... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 820
...Comes sneaking, and so sucks her princely eggs ; 1'laying the mouse in absence of the cat. Shalapeare. A falcon towering, in his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. Id. You have been a mouse-hunt in your time, But I will watch you. Id. Romeo and Juliet. Many analogical... | |
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