...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...term of falcomy, and means tue highest pitch of flight.— Sec Macbeth, &c. " An Eagle towering in his pride of place Was by a mousing Owl hawked at and killed." (2.) Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord. Stanza xx. line 9. See the famous Song on Harmodius...

...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 you may hereafter...

...said, " and who hath done this deed ? The eagle is stricken in his eyry." " A falcon towering in his pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed;" < murmured the wounded man. " The villain is gone to his account," said Morison; " but here comes skill....

...F1 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...

...the gigantic result to be accomplished approaches the ridiculous. But as " the eagle towering in his pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed," so the leaf-crowned monarch of the wood has no small reason to quiver at the sight of a long-armed...