 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the Ravens built on, nest upon nesr, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in •which the wood was to be levelled. This was in the month of February, when those Birds usually sir; The saw was applied to the butt, the... | |
 | 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...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 pages
...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 pages
...acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the...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 pages
...acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest up in nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the...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 pages
...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 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, —... | |
 | 1830 - 596 pages
...undertaking to be too hazardous* So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, titi the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be...saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted * " We have the following explanation of the Pleslor in the AnJlrjuitiet of Setborm," says Sir W. Jardine,... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the...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... | |
 | 1830 - 188 pages
...acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the...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... | |
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... daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the 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 those... 
