 On Tuesday last A falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.  Forest Life - Stran 47avtor: Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1844Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 500 strani
...the action of the lion, in pouncing on the garment, as a cat would on a mouse — in Macbeth— " An eagle, towering in his pride of place, ." Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at, and kill'd." MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. ACT I. SCENE I. 27. " My book of songs and sonnets."... | |
 | William Gifford - 1811 - 220 strani
...pif, 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... | |
 | 1828 - 956 strani
...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 - 406 strani
...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 - 466 strani
...of 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 - 308 strani
...PRIDE of 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 - 618 strani
...— 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... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1827 - 276 strani
...machinations had succeeded; and thus it might be said, when the situation of the two men were compared, " An eagle towering in his pride of place, Was, by a mousing' owl, hawk'd at and kill'd." » CHAPTER XVIII. A REPULSE. Alas ! thrice gentle Cassio, My advocation is not... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1827 - 400 strani
...machinations had succeeded ; and thus it might be said, when the situation of the two men were compared, " An eagle towering in his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl, hawk'd at and kill'd." CHAPTER XXIII. A REPULSE. Alas ! thrice gentle Cassio, My advocation is not... | |
 | 1828 - 988 strani
...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... | |
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