 | 1819 - 188 pages
...the heavy blows of the beetle and mallet, the tree nodded to its fall, but still the dam sat on. A i last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her...twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." The farmer is impatient to begin his work in the fields, as soon as the ground is sufficiently thawed.... | |
 | 1821 - 188 pages
...blows of the beetle «»r mallet, tiie tree noddej to its fall ; but still the (tarn persisted to sit. At last when it gave way the bird was flung; from her nest ; and, though her paternal affection deserved a better fate, was whipp"d down by the twigs, which fcroueht her dead to... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 pages
...were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At...by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. LETTER III. TO THE SAME. XH E fossil- shells of this district, and sorts of stone, such as have fallen... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 pages
...were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle and mallet, the tree nodded to its fall, but still the dam sat on. At last, when it pave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and though her parental affection deserved a better fate,... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall; but still the dam persisted in sitting. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...chiefly on small animals ; and is said to destroy rabbits, young ducks, and chickens; and sometimes even lambs, when they happen to be dropped in a weak... | |
 | Young lady - 1829 - 542 pages
...blows of the beetle, or mallet, — the tree nodded to its fall; but still the dam (the mother Raven) 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... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...inserted into the opening, the woods echoed with the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At...the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." We have strayed from our subject, and must return to the origin of the term Gospel Oak.* " The custom,"... | |
 | 1830 - 188 pages
...hedges; lops trees, and plants those kinds that love a wet soil, such as poplars, alders, and willows. nodded to its fall, but still the dam sat on. At last,...the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." MARCH. Winter, still ling'ring on the verge of Spring, Retires reluctant, and from time to time, I/ooks... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 868 pages
...into the opening, the woods echoed 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...by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. * NATURALISTS CALENDAR. Mean Temperature ... 38 • 37. 20. The Wags of the Seaton. The roads now are... | |
 | 1831 - 590 pages
...were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At...the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." That ardent affection which most birds feel for their young seems to awaken their dormant energies... | |
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... 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, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... 
