The loud and cheerful song of this little feathered exquisite is a tune of six or seven notes that ascend and descend the musical scale.
Has not everyone marvelled at the hoarse cries and rasping screams which emanate from these birds as they fling themselves into the air and ascend and descend as though they were being tossed about by unseen hands?
The vultures await the dissipation of these vapours before they ascend to the upper air, there to soar on outstretched wings and scan the earth for food.
Pierre was allowed to pass, and at once began to climb the staircase as rapidly as he could, in order that he might flee farther and farther away, ascend higher and yet higher into peace and silence.
You ascend by endless steps, and from the crowning belvedere on high you embrace all Rome at a glance as though by opening your arms you could seize it in its entirety.
When he was about to ascend the scaffold the steps of that structure proved to be rather shaky, and he asked that he should be given a hand going up, though as for coming down he said he felt that he might be left to shift for himself.
When the boy passed to the Court the day of Ferdinand and Isabella was done; Charles V was waiting to ascend the Spanish throne.
In antiquity every year vast shoals of a small fish used to ascend the river Olynthiac from the lake of Bolbe in Macedonia, and all the people of the neighbourhood caught and salted great store of them.
On this feeling of the people, David's third son, Absalom, founded the plan of depriving his father of the sovereignty, in order to ascend the throne before it came to him by inheritance.
Omri should ascend the throne in the thirty-first year of Asa, and reign 12 years, while Ahab nevertheless ascends the throne in the thirty-eighth year of Asa.
Formerly, on the day of his installation, the Bishop used to ascend the hill barefoot, and was doubtless cheered and invigorated by looking upward to the grandeur that was to console him for the humility of his approach.
A few steps ascend from the roadside, through a gate, into the old graveyard, in the midst of which stands the kirk.
On the 22nd the Reverend Father Fray Narciso decided to ascend the San Joaquin River in order to visit a rancheria called Pasasimes.
It was our intention on the next day to reach the San Joaquin River andascend it as far as the village of the Passasimas.
Tired of promising them everything they wanted and seeing that they still persisted in their negative attitude, we determined to ascendon foot to where they were.
I then tried to ascend the hill again, for there was no other way to get off it, but soon sunk down utterly exhausted.
It was fine to ascend into the lighthouse, above this bluff, and thence watch the thunder-clouds which so frequently rose over the lake, or the great boats coming in.
Jesus said to her, Do not touch me; for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
What], then if you should see the Son of man ascend where he was formerly?
But the righteousness by faith speaks thus; Say not in your mind, who shall ascend into heaven?
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, Ascend hither; and they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies beheld them.
The mountains were clothed with gloomy forests, which ascend almost to the summit of this branch of the Cordilleras.
Had it not been for this bridge the passage of the river would have cost us great delay, as we should have had to descend by narrow pathways to the bottom of the cliffs, then to throw a pontoon across, and ascend on the other side.
Having taken his place, (I will look for him) to go up and come down in the court, To ascend and descend in the house.
We ascend the high hills, Both those that are long and narrow, and the lofty mountains.
Almost every day I hear very intelligent and patriotic men wonder why every thing is going on so undecidedly, so sluggishly; and all of them, in their despondency, dare not or will not ascend to the cause.
But why has the Senator forgotten to ascend to one of the paramount causes?
Both species occasionally ascend rivers, and attempts have been made to cultivate British bass in freshwater ponds with success.
Nabopolassar's death in Babylon caused Nebuchadnezzar to return home and ascend the throne.
It was a war to decide whether a French prince, a grandson of Louis the Fourteenth, and whose accession seemed to threaten a future union of Spain with France, should or should not be allowed to ascend the throne of Spain.
At one time it was used for the conveyance of coals into the city, and colliers of moderate size used to ascend it for a short distance.
And the Land's End district has this great advantage, that if you are overdone with the soft and relaxing air on the south coast, you have but to ascend a hill and inhale the invigorating breath that comes from the Atlantic on the north.
Four surpliced minstrels are on each side of the niche, and above the line of the niche similar figures ascend in pairs, but those in the two topmost storeys seem never to have been completed.
For several hours, therefore, there would be a current, which it was well to profit by, for later the ebb would make it difficult to ascend the river.
It was therefore agreed that they shouldascend the Mercy as far as the river was navigable.
If they succeeded in crossing the river safely, they were to build a fire in the woods, on the other side, in order that the column of smoke which should ascend from it might serve as a signal of their success to Hannibal.
But the scene was changed by the appearance of Wilkin Flammock, on his puissant war-horse, who was beginning to ascend the pass, leading a party consisting both of foot and horse.
Who shallascend to the tabernacle, and dwell in the holy mountain?
The fairy smiled encouragingly at this poor child who so bravely resolved to ascend a mountain so dangerous that none of those who had attempted it had ever reached the summit.
Charmant assisted Rosette to ascend the chariot and sprang upon his horse.
But the voice of the fairy sounded in his ear:-- "Allow Rosette to ascend the chariot; these horses are a present from me.
The star of the Confederacy appears to be rising, and I doubt not it will continue to ascend until the rose-water policy now pursued by the Northern army is superseded by one more determined and vigorous.
About 2 o'clock the rebel infantry was seen advancing across the valley, and I ordered the Third to ascend the hill and take position on the crest.
Darkly the pall of night was thrown Around me, faint with terror; In that dark hour how did my groans Ascend for years of error.
Ascend thy throne, almighty King, And spread thy glories all abroad; Let thine own arm salvation bring, And be thou known the gracious God.
Ye nations bend--in reverence bend; Ye monarchs, wait his nod, And bid the choral song ascend To celebrate your God.
But Americo-Spaniards keep alive the tradition, and the prayers of many have ascended and do ascend for the succor of those who vanished so strangely in the valley of Las Animas.
