 | 1789 - 688 pages
...which continued undetermined till the next afternoon ; when one of them, which was fomewhat fuperior in fize, turned out the other, together with the young...to the top of the neft, and then funk down again, opprefTed by the weight of its burden ; till at length, after various efforts, the ftrongeft prevailed,... | |
 | 1789 - 602 pages
...fize, turned out the other, together with the young hcdge-fparrow and the unhatched egg. This conten was very remarkable. The combatants alternately appeared...to the top of the neft, and then funk down again, eppreiled by the weight of its burden ; till at length, after various titbits, the ftrongeft prevailed,... | |
 | 1789 - 622 pages
...together with the young hedge-fparrow and the unhatchrd egg. This contell was very remarkable. »'ole. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the oilier lèverai timea nearly * to the top ot the οει, and Chen lunk down again, .opprellcd by the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 646 pages
...them, which was fomcwhat fuperior in fize, turned out the other, together with the young hedge fparrow and the unhatched egg. This conteft was very remarkable....to the top of the neft, and then funk down again, opprefled by the weight of its burden ; till at length, after various efforts, the ftrongeft prevailed,... | |
 | 1790 - 562 pages
...fomewhat fuperior in :;-•-•, turned out the other, together with the young hedge fparrow ;md tbc unhatched egg. This conteft was very remarkable. The...carried the other feveral times nearly to the top of the nert, and then funk down again, opprefled by the weight of its burden ; till at length, alter various... | |
 | 1789 - 682 pages
...fize, turned out the other, together with the young hedpcfparrow and the uuhatchxd egg. This contcft was very remarkable. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other fev<rral times nearly to the top of the ucfr, and then funk down again, opprefled by the weight of... | |
 | Ebenezer Sibly - 1802 - 420 pages
...them, which was fomewhat fuperior in fize, turned out the other, together with the young Viedge-fparrow and the unhatched egg. This conteft was very remarkable....to the top of the neft, and then funk down again, opprefled by the weight of its burden; till at length, after various efforts, the ftrongeft prevailed,... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...turned out the other, together with the young Hedge-sparrow and theunhatched egg. This contest, he adds, was very remarkable : the combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and again sank down oppressed by the weight of its burthen... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...superior in sin, turned out the other, together with the hedge-sparrow and the nnhatched egg. This contest was very remarkable. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and then sunk down again, oppressed by the weight of its... | |
 | 1816 - 338 pages
...out the other, together with the young Hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. This contest, he adds, was very remarkable : the combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each canied the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and then sunk down again oppressed with... | |
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... the next afternoon; when one of them, which was somewhat superior in size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. 
