| 单词 | gerfalcon |
| 例句 | These large birds are called gerfalcons; and, when very white, and good in the field, fetched extravagant prices in the old times. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A gerfalcon, a tercell of gerfalcon are due to a king. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z For such a Crow vanquishes without much trouble eagles, goshawks, shrikes, gerfalcons, sparrow-hawks. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z He took with him," says Polo, "fully 10,000 falconers and some 500 gerfalcons, besides peregrines, sakers and other hawks in great numbers, including goshawks, to fly at the waterfowl. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z There are goshawks, falcons, gerfalcons, and all fowls of prey that are in Spain. A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 2011-01-20T03:00:07.377Z But the falcon was indeed a thoroughbred, with the eye of a gerfalcon. Marguerite de Valois To Audubon's delight, it was that rare specimen, the gerfalcon, which had heretofore eluded all efforts of naturalists. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 From all quarters," says an ancient manuscript, "he received offerings of wine, fruit, confections, ortolans, horses, dogs, hawks, and gerfalcons. Henry IV, Makers of History They were almost naked, and bore upon the wrist a tame parroquet, after the fashion in which the gentlemen of Europe carry their hawks or their gerfalcons. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Besides the birds that I have told you of, there came a great many snipes, and different varieties of sea-gulls, and ducks of various species, and gerfalcons, and ravens,—also some little sparrows. Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner A dozen of his best gerfalcons are beside him, and near at hand ride several of his attendant lords. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It occurred to me that it might be the famous gerfalcon, or Icelandic eagle; and, on mentioning this supposition, Raed and Kit both agreed with me that it seemed likely. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' At every hour I call him back by thoughts: A rebel he, like gerfalcon insane, He feels no more the hand that did restrain, And is gone forth not to return again. The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem But pressing forward again, they came upon a gerfalcon lying, with long lunes tangled about his feet and through his breast the hole that Sir Dinar's bolt had made. Wandering Heath I have gerfalcons, for pigeons and partridges, but none for herons. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars Old falcons, gerfalcons, and hawks, when they have long swept the plains, end their lives in a hole in a rock. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales Presently the Dane said that he had known gerfalcons to fly from Iceland to Norway in a day, and at that Beorn laughed as in scorn. Wulfric the Weapon Thane Particularly in the most poetical passages you are excellent; as, for instance, in the fine description of the gerfalcon and the heron in 'El Mayor Encanto.' Poems He always had a hand as true as steel, and an eye like a gerfalcon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 The young Emperor was stretched on a couch of dyed lion skins, and a gerfalcon perched upon his wrist. A House of Pomegranates If it had not have been for that little bird at Chilton you might have hoodwinked me as blind as ever gerfalcon was hooded. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger And lo! it was Lodbrok's gerfalcon; and pleased she was to see me once more, fluttering her wings and glancing at me while I smoothed and spoke to her. Wulfric the Weapon Thane This white bird is a gerfalcon from the north. The King in Yellow Of these there are more than 200 gerfalcons alone, without reckoning the other hawks. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 Good morrow, Sir Sanpeur, pray do you mark My new gerfalcon, from beyond the sea? Under King Constantine But Le Beau Disconus sent the white gerfalcon to King Arthur for a gift, and the king sent him a hundred pounds' weight of florins. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 Smaller than the royal gerfalcon, the Bishop's bird was none the less a swift and beautiful creature. Sir Nigel And who that putteth that knight to the worse shall have a fair maid and a gerfalcon. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 The gerfalcons are so abundant there that the Emperor can have as many as he likes to send for. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 And at that tournament Sir Uwaine smote down thirty knights, therefore was given him the prize, and that was a gerfalcon, and a white steed trapped with cloth of gold. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 For love of his lady, who is wondrous fair, he has proclaimed that he will bestow a gerfalcon, white as a swan, on him who brings a fairer lady. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 The King's gerfalcon having struck down a rook, and finding the sport but tame, bethought herself suddenly of that noble heron, which she still perceived fluttering over Crooksbury Heath. Sir Nigel He always keeps beside him a dozen of his choicest gerfalcons, and is attended by several of his Barons, who ride on horseback alongside. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 Thus among the presents sent with an embassy from King James II. of Aragon to the Sultan of Egypt, in 1314, we find three white gerfalcons. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 The cut below exhibits the conventional effigy of a gerfalcon as sculptured over one of the gates of Iconium, Polo's Conia. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 All men said that Giffroun had lost the white gerfalcon; and they bore him into the town upon his shield. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 "Or shall I show you, sire, how a peregrine may win where a gerfalcon fails?" said the Bishop. Sir Nigel |
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