| William Bingley - 1803 - 606 Seiten
...levelled. This was in the month of February, when those Birds usually sir; 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 t:ee nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, •when it gave way, the Bird was flung... | |
| 1819 - 188 Seiten
...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,...those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges wtre inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
| 1821 - 188 Seiten
...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 «»r mallet, tiie tree noddej to its fall ; but still the (tarn persisted to sit. At last when it... | |
| Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 Seiten
...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)...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... | |
| William Hone - 1827 - 858 Seiten
...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,...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... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 392 Seiten
...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 echoe"d to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
| Young lady - 1829 - 542 Seiten
...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, —... | |
| 1830 - 188 Seiten
...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,...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... | |
| 1830 - 550 Seiten
...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,...those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed with the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
| William Hone - 1830 - 868 Seiten
...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,...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... | |
| |