 ... 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
 | Gilbert White - 1867 - 542 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...and, though her parental affection deserved a better f'.ite, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground.f • The gieater part... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1870 - 718 стор.
...He is common -Si, . ' ' j P 410 TALES AROUT RIRDS. 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... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1875 - 698 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 III. TO THOMAS PENNANT, ESQUIRE. HE fossil shells of this district, and sorts of ' stone, such... | |
 | Gilbert White, Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Roundell Palmer Earl of Selborne - 1875 - 664 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...and, though her parental affection deserved a better lute, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. L KIT Kit III. TO THOMAS... | |
 | sir William Jardine (bart.) - 1876 - 526 стор.
...of the bird mentioned by White of Selborne, which allowed the tree on which she sat to be cut, and " was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground."* In Ireland, their distribution, habits, and breeding stations, are nearly similar. * White's Selborne.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1877 - 588 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 III. TO THE SAME. THE fossil-shells of this district, and sorts of stone, such as have fallen... | |
 | William Cowper - 1879 - 88 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. [1-9 What is the predicate of this sentence?] [6 If quite exempted. What is the construction ?] 8 In... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1879 - 510 стор.
...heavy blow of the beetle or mall 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...whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground.1 NOTE TO LETTER II. 1 The landrail, that shyest of birds, often sits upon its eggs on the ground... | |
 | 1882 - 782 стор.
...heavy blow of the beetle or mall 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. Except when nesting — that is, whenever an unhampered preference is possible — the raven, according... | |
 | 1882 - 784 стор.
...heavy blow of the beetle or mall or mallet— the tree nodded to its fall; but still the dam sit on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...affection deserved a better fate, was whipped down by the tirigs, which brought her dead to the ground. Except when nesting — that is, whenever an unhampered... | |
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