 ... 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
 | 1835 - 284 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 Selborne. LONDON : JOHN WILLIAM PAKKKR, WEST STRAND. PUBLISHED in WEEKLY NUMBKRI, PRICE ONE... | |
 | Edward Stanley - 1835 - 308 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 her nest, and, though her constancy deserved a better fate, was whipped down by twigs, which brought her dead to the ground.... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1836 - 296 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...though her parental affection deserved a better fate, she was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." The Raven may be rendered... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1836 - 440 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 her nest j and, though her parental affection deserved a better fate, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 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. and stately ; their bark glossy and beautiful ; their tops small and thinly provided with branches;... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 стор.
...to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall; but still the duni sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. and stately ; their bark glossy and beautiful ; their tops small and thinly provided with branches;... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1837 - 702 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 Reverend Edward Stanley mentions a similar " venerable establishment." " Ours," he says, " is a noble... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 874 стор.
...to the heavy blows of the beetle and mallet, the tree nodded to ;ts fall, but still, the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...nest; and though her parental affection deserved a bettei fate, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." * NATURALISTS' CALENDAR.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1837 - 344 стор.
...appetite of the crow to the dishonesty of the daw, and the docility of almost every other bird. He feeds chiefly on small animals; and is said to destroy...young ducks, and chickens, and sometimes even lambs. In the northern regions he preys in concert with the white bear, the arctic fox, and the eagle. He... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 936 стор.
...to the heavy blows of the beetle and mallet, the tree nodded to .ts fall, but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and thoi.gr her parental affection deserved a bettci fate, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought... | |
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