| 1844 - 742 páginas
...tf>av\oi' .'i ,',' Sa> 6 irat i'iX|"; IH'I/JLIUTIV 'fi«aj>of ." P. 140. — •- A falcon tow'ring in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed." See Julius Obsequens (Prodigia), p. 163. ed. Harercampi. — "Corvi ui! tin cm occidenmt." . . P. 179.... | |
| 1851 - 462 páginas
...very sore that such is their verdict, from it he cannot in any way escape. " A falcon towering in its pride of place, Was, by a mousing owl, hawked at and killed," — but no obscure writer in The Zoiit, with all the vituperation which this journal has at its command,... | |
| 1847 - 540 páginas
...And takes away the stomach — such the rich, That have abundance and enjoy it not. SHAKSPEARE. 8. An eagle, towering in his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at, and kill'd. SHAKSPEARE. 4. Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways... | |
| 1849 - 356 páginas
...Drawcansir 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 hawk'd at !" There is a trait of scholarship in Mr. Jerninirham's last poem, which should not be overlooked... | |
| Outis (pseud.), Sir John Francis Davis - 1850 - 138 páginas
...Phoebus (the Sun, worshipped by the Persians) and torn by a pursuing falcon — as in Shakspeare, " An eagle, towering in his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed." Atossa then inquires of the Chorus concerning the Greeks, and the replies which she receives only increase... | |
| 1850 - 508 páginas
...very sore that such is their verdict, from it he cannot in any way escape. A falcon, towering in its pride of place, Was, by a mousing owl, hawked at and killed — but no obscure writer in the Zoist, with all the ituperation which this journal has at its command,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 páginas
..."PRIDE of place" is a term of falconry, and means the highest pitch 01 flight. — See Macbeth, &c. " An eagle towering in his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd." STANZA xx. Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord. See the famous song... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 744 páginas
...it? Old M. 'Tis unnatural, Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last, A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place, Was by a. mousing owl hawked at, and killed. Rosse. And Duncan's horses, (a thing most strange and certain,) Beauteous and swift, the minions of... | |
| 1852 - 644 páginas
...in modern times about to become a prey to the most shallow and worthless ; — - Saw where an eagle in his pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed ; — He saw or should have seen all this, and could not be travagances of the old which his ardent... | |
| John Aikin - 1852 - 792 páginas
...Drawcansir for an antagonist: this, though not quite so fair, is not altogether unprecedented; '• Ў " hawk'd at !" I " Th«p l-nn (Mr. Parsons say?) we not Grrathea.1'*." But they are pobli*hr^ *> i!h... | |
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