 | Gilbert White - 1888 - 602 páginas
...jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous....nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal THE HAVEN. day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when... | |
 | 1888 - 646 páginas
...ravens. At length the wood was ordered to be felled. " It was in the month of February, when these birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt,...wedges 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.... | |
 | Samuel Lockwood - 1888 - 424 páginas
...fatal day arrived when the Raven Tree was to be felled. It was in the month of February, when ravens usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the...wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blow of the beetle, or mall, or mallet; the tree nodded to its fall, but still the dam... | |
 | Samuel Lockwood - 1888 - 422 páginas
...fatal day arrived when the Raven Tree was to be felled. It was in the month of February, when ravens usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the...wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blow of the beetle, or mall, or mallet; the tree nodded to its fall, but still the dam... | |
 | 1890 - 880 páginas
...' will remember the tragic story. " The ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, until the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when the birds usually sat. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | 1890 - 882 páginas
...in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when the birds usually sat. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle, the tree nodded to its fall; but still the dam sat on. At last, when... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1891 - 536 páginas
...jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous...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,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1891 - 840 páginas
...jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous....nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal THK RAVEN. day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when... | |
 | William H. Wintringham - 1892 - 446 páginas
...the great naturalist White of Selborne speaks so pathetically and poetically about, when he says, " 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... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1893 - 368 páginas
...most daring lads were awed, and > 1 TUe place of the oak is now occupied by a fine sycamore. — TB acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous....those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted into the opening, THE RAVIN. the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the... | |
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... and each was ambitious of surmounting the arduous task. But, when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous.... 
