Remember that it is as absurd an argument to say that these sea-creatures with gross names were sought for gross purposes, as to say that the sea-comb is sought for the adornment of the hair, the fish named sea-hawk to catch birds, the fish named the little boar for the hunting of boars, or the sea-skull to raise the dead. ❋ Apuleius (2008)
And a white sea-hawk makes a nest on a high stone, and sometimes looks out with her white head over the edge of the rocks. ❋ Unknown (2003)
"Ye did weel for a beginner," says that wild young sea-hawk. ❋ John Sillars (N/A)
His fierce, light eyes, like those of a sea-hawk, swept slowly around the audience and lit on Jeremy. ❋ Unknown (1934)
Shrill as the shriek of the sea-hawk the whistles of the Boatswain and his Mates pierced that ominous low sound, dissipating it; and yielding to the mechanism of discipline, the throng was thinned by one half. ❋ Unknown (1924)
On a sudden he turns; with a sea-hawk scream, and a gibe, and a song, ❋ Unknown (1910)
And a sea-hawk flung down a skeleton fish as he flew, ❋ Unknown (1910)
Some were white with a black raven or a brown bear embroidered on them, or blue with a white sea-hawk, or black with a gold sun. ❋ Unknown (1902)
The frigate-birds were called by the sailors the man-of-war bird, and also the sea-hawk. ❋ Frederick O'Brien (1900)
Then she threw back her head and laughed; peal on peal of deliciously childish laughter rang through the ancient net-shed, until, overhead, the passing gulls echoed her mirth with querulous mewing, and the sea-hawk, towering to the zenith, wheeled and squealed. ❋ Unknown (1899)
Some were white with a black raven or a brown bear embroidered on them, or blue with a white sea-hawk, or black with ❋ Jennie Hall (1898)
And then, he thought, it might be some queer game concocted between the sick man and the chattering little sea-hawk that sat beside him stroking and fondling his flowing beard. ❋ Louis Becke (1884)
Otherwise, also, does it resemble these last birds, -- so much that the sailors, noting the resemblance, indifferently call it "sea-hawk," ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)
Let us make sure then, lest Jack's theory regarding the lumbers of the sea-hawk be not mythical in the mirror of our own incredulity. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)
The sea-hawk hovering above in eager expectation lost no time in making the attempt to secure it; but whether he was too sure of his prize, or from some other unexplained reason, certain it is that he gave a practical illustration of the old and well-known adage about the cup and the lip, by failing to clutch the prey. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)
It could not be the tail-feathers of the tropic bird so prized by the chiefs of Polynesia; nor yet the scarlet pouch of the sea-hawk. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)