Note 139 — ANNUS MIRABILIS; THE YEAR OF WONDERS, 1666.
Reading edition
A falcon, I believe, is said to fly at check, when, having missed her stroke, she deserts her proper object of pursuit for a crow, or some other bird.
Reading edition
A falcon, I believe, is said to fly at check, when, having missed her stroke, she deserts her proper object of pursuit for a crow, or some other bird.