 ... which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded...  Animal biography, or, Popular zoology - Сторінка 241автори: William Bingley - 1829Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1831 - 590 стор.
...to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." That ardent affection which most birds feel for their young seems to awaken their dormant energies... | |
 | George Montagu - 1831 - 670 стор.
...nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from the nest; and though her parental affection deserved a...twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." The sable plumage, and harsh croaking voice of these hirds, added to their habits and supposed longevity,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 стор.
...to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. III. THE fossil shells of this district, and sorts of stone, such as have fallen within my observation,... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - 566 стор.
...the heavy blows of the beetle ' or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the ' dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird ' was flung from...the twigs, which brought her dead to the ' ground.' It is not easy to account for the variation we sometimes perceive in the plumage of birds of the same... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 стор.
...nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from the nest ; and though her parental affection deserved...twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." The sable plumage, and harsh croaking voice of these birds, added to their habits and supposed longevity,... | |
 | 1833 - 514 стор.
...Natural History of Selborne, p. 6. mallet — the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last when it gave way, the bird was flung from...the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." That ardent affection which most birds feel for their young, seems to awaken their dormant energies,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 стор.
...to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. LETTER HI. THE fossil shells of this district, and sorts of stone, such as have fallen within my observation,... | |
 | 1834 - 896 стор.
...the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet — the tree nodded to its fall — but still the dam set on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...the twigs, which brought her, dead, to the ground." That ardent affection which most birds feel for their young, seems to awaken their dormant energies,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 стор.
...to the heavy blows of the beetle, or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground.-)* In the hall of Dudly Castle there is an oak table, seventy-five feet long, and three feet broad, which... | |
 | 1835 - 272 стор.
...to the heavy blows of the beetle, or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. WHITE'S Selbome. ~ LONDON : JOHN WILLIAM PARKKR, WEST STRAND. PUBUSHED in WIIKLT NPHBERI, PKICI OKI... | |
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