 | Samuel Ward - 1775 - 402 pages
...deal of difficulty that it flew to another rock, about five hundred yards diftant jon the fea fhore. I therefore charged again with ball, and hit the bird...fo that I fcarce knew how to lay hold of it. Had it not been mortally wounded, I fhoul«J lave fourid it no eafy matter to take it; but I at laft dragged... | |
 | Thomas Walker (Portrait painter) - 1810 - 88 pages
...deal of difficulty that it flew to another rock, about five hundred yards distant on the sea-shore. I therefore charged again with ball, and hit the bird...throat; which made it mine. I accordingly ran up to seize it; but even in death it was terrible, and defended itself upon its back, with its claws extended... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...reached another rock, about five hundred yards distant, upon the shore ; I therefore loaded again with a ball, and hit the bird under the throat, which made it mine. I accordingly ran up to seize il; but even in death it was terrible, and defended itself on its back, with its claws extended... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...reached another rock, about five; hundred yards distant, upon the shore . I therefore loaded again with a ball, and hit the bird under the throat, which made it mine. I accordingly ran up to seize it ; but evea in death it was terrible, and defended itself on its back, with its claws extended... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...difficulty that it flew ' ' to another rock, about five hundred yards distant, " on the sea-shore. I therefore charged again with " ball, and hit the...throat, which " made it mine. I accordingly ran up to seize it ; " but even in death it was terrible, and defended " itself upon its back, with its claws... | |
 | Tales - 1820 - 560 pages
...a good deal of difficulty that it flew to another rock, about 500 yards distant, on the sea-shore. I therefore charged again with ball, and hit the bird under the throat, which made it mine. I according ran up to seize it; but, even in death, it was terrible, and defended itself upon its back,... | |
 | 1821 - 276 pages
...a good deal of difficulty that it flew to another rock, about 500 yards distant, on the sea-shore. I therefore charged again with ball, and hit the bird under the throat, which made it mine. I according ran up to seize it; but, even in death, it was terrible, and defended itself upon its back,... | |
 | 1822 - 194 pages
...deal of difficulty that it flew to another rock, about five hundred yards distance, on the sea-sliore. I therefore charged again with ball, and hit the bird...throat, which made it mine. I accordingly ran up to seize it : it defended itself upon its back, with its claws* extended against me, so that L scarcely... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1827 - 472 pages
...rock, about five hundred yards distant on the sea-shore. I therefore charged again with ball, and lût the bird under the throat, which made it mine. I accordingly ran up to seize ; but even in death it was terrible, and defended itself upon its back, with its claws extended... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 pages
...deal of difficulty that it flew to another rock, about five hundred yards distant on the sea-shore. I therefore charged again with ball, and hit the bird...throat, which made it mine. I accordingly ran up to seize it ; but even in death it was terrible, and defended itself upon its back, with its claws extended... | |
| |
I therefore charged again with ball, and hit the bird under the throat, which made it mine. I accordingly ran up to seize it ; but even in death it was terrible, and defended itself... 
