 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 стор.
...fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be leveled. It was in the month of February, when these birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt...blows of the beetle or mallet ; the tree nodded to the fall; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 стор.
...fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be leveled. It was in the month of February, when these birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt;...blows of the beetle or mallet ; the tree nodded to the fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and... | |
 | 1857 - 474 стор.
...a pair of Ravens had, for a series of years, fixed their residence: at length, the day arrived when the wood was to be levelled: — ** It was in the month of February, when Ravens usually sit: the saw was applied to the butt, — the wedges were inserted in the opening, —... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 стор.
...undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when these birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | John Potter Hamilton - 1860 - 362 стор.
...the fatal day came in which the wood was to be levelled. This was in the month of February, when the birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted in the opening, the wood echoed to the heavy blows of the mallet, the tree nodded to its fall, but... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 848 стор.
...undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the mouth of February, when these birds usually sit The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1866 - 448 стор.
...built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to he levelled. It was in the month of February, when those...blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to ita fall; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest ; and,... | |
 | Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1870 - 536 стор.
...undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled....the beetle, or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; hut still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest ; and, though... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 стор.
...nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day on which the wood was to be levelled. This was in the month' of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the trunk, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1877 - 680 стор.
...undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfeet security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled....in the month of February, when those birds usually hit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to... | |
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... the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. 
