 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1847 - 566 pagina’s
...heroes would come down, but the coat of shining mail would ward their furious strokes. Again and ogain would they renew the attack, until their anger had...forth powers that drove the invader from the field." On the islands at the mouth of the Amazon, are the breeding-places of the water-birds, and at the right... | |
 | 1848 - 886 pagina’s
...flowers, and may be supposed often to interfere provokiugly. Like lightning our little heroes would Cume down, but the coat of shining mail would ward their...had expended itself by its own fury, or until the npnthctic bee, once roused, had put forth powers that drove the invader from the field. A boy in the... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1848 - 924 pagina’s
...interfere provokingly. Like lightning our little heroes would come down, but the coat of shining mall would ward their furious strokes. Again and again...expended itself by its own fury, or until the apathetic bo*, once roused, had put forth powers that drove the invader from the field." — Edward»' в Voyayc.... | |
 | 1848 - 796 pagina’s
...Again and again would they renew the attack, until their nngcr had expended itself by its own fuiy, or until the apathetic bee, once roused, had put forth powers that drove the invader from the field. — Voyage up the Amazon Hirer. OUR SERVANTS. AN INFIDEL'S SERVANT. THE Abbé Baruel, in the account... | |
 | 1858 - 588 pagina’s
...provokingly. Like lightning, our little heroes would come down, but the coat of shining mail would ward off their furious strokes. Again and again would they...forth powers that drove the invader from the field." From this description of the habits of 'the humming bird, from the banks of the Amazon, we perceive... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - 720 pagina’s
...provokingly. Like lightning our little heroes would come down, but the coat of shining mail would ward off their furious strokes. Again and again would they...forth powers that drove the invader from the field." Genus TROCHILUS : Trochilus, includes the RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD, T. colubris, common in summer... | |
 | UNCLE MERRY - 1860 - 224 pagina’s
...leisurely, they skim along, stopping a moment, perhaps, just to kiss the flowerets. Often two meet in the air, and furiously fight, their crests and the feathers...the attack, until their anger had expended itself, or until the bee, once roused, had put forth powers that drove the invader from the field. A boy in... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - 758 pagina’s
...provokingly. Like lightning our little heroes would come down, but the coat of shining mail would ward off their furious strokes'. Again and again would they...forth powers that drove the invader from the field." Genus TROCHILUS : Trochilus, includes the RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD, T. colulris, common in summer... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams, Hector Giacomelli - 1878 - 472 pagina’s
...of shining mail would ward off their furious strokes. Again and again would they renew the furious attack, until their anger had expended itself by its own fury, or until the apathetic bees, once roused, had put forth powers that drove the invaders from the field." The humming-bird has... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 234 pagina’s
...provokingly. Like lightning our little heroes would come down, but the coat of shining mail would ward off their furious strokes. Again and again would they...the attack, until their anger had expended itself by ita own fury, or until the apathetic bee, once roused, had put forth powers that drove the invader... | |
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... and blazing, and altogether pictures of the most violent rage. Several times we saw them battling with large black bees, who frequent the same flowers, and may be supposed often to interfere provokingly. Like lightning our little heroes would come... 