 ... 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...  Birds - Page 161842 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1819 - 188 pages
...hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day at rived in 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 wtre inserted into the opening,... | |
 | 1821 - 188 pages
...perfect security, (ill th^diiy arrived on which the wood was to he levelled. This was in the rnrmth of February, when these birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the trunk, the w»-«?e;es were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 pages
...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 those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 pages
...hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest up in 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. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | Young lady - 1829 - 542 pages
...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, —... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 868 pages
...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 those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...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 those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | 1830 - 188 pages
...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 those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | George Montagu - 1831 - 670 pages
...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 they usually sit. The saw was applied to the trunk ; the wedges were inserted into the opening ; the... | |
 | 1831 - 590 pages
...nest upon nest, in perfect • Natural History of Selbornc, p. 6. 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. The saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
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