... hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. Two of the bee-hunters now plied their axes vigorously at the foot of the tree, to level it with the ground.... Complete Works - Página 49por Washington Irving - 1882Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 220 páginas
...the foot of the tree to level it with the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the mean time, drew off to a cautious distance, to be out of the...of the axe seemed to have no effect in alarming or agitating this most industrious community. They continued to ply at their usual occupations, some arriving... | |
| 1835 - 618 páginas
...the foot of the tree to level it with the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the mean time, drew off to a cautious distance to be out of the way...of the axe seemed to have no effect in alarming or agitating this most industrious community. They continued to ply at their usual occupations, some arriving... | |
| 1835 - 466 páginas
...the foot of the tree to level it with the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the mean time, drew off to a cautious distance, to be out of the...jarring blows of the axe seemed to have no effect in alarmmg or agitating this most industrious community. They continued to ply at their usual occupations,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 360 páginas
...vengeance of its inmates. The jarring blows of the axe seemed to have no effect in alarming or agitating this most industrious community. They continued to...port, others sallying forth on new expeditions, like A BEE HUNT. 65 so many merchantmen in a money-making metropolis, little suspicious of impending bankruptcy... | |
| 1841 - 272 páginas
...foot of the tree, to level it with the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the mean time, drew off to a cautious distance to be out of the way...of the axe seemed to have no effect in alarming or agitating this mo£t industrious community. They continued to ply at their usual occupations, some... | |
| William Charles Cotton - 1842 - 434 páginas
...the foot of the tree to level it with the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the mean time, drew off to a cautious distance to be out of the way...of the axe seemed to have no effect in alarming or agitating this most industrious community. They continued to ply at their usual occupations, some arriving... | |
| 1843 - 488 páginas
...the foot of the tree, to level it with the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the meantime, drew off to a cautious distance, to be out of the...of the axe seemed to have no effect in alarming or agitating this most industrious community. They continued to ply at their usual occupations — some... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 278 páginas
...the foot of the tree to level it with the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the meantime, drew off to a cautious distance, to be out of the...vengeance of its inmates. The jarring blows of the axes seemed to have no effect in alarming or disturbing this most industrious community. They continued... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 278 páginas
...the way of the falling of the tree and the vengeance of its inmates. The jarring blows of the axes seemed to have no effect in alarming or disturbing...continued to ply at their usual occupations, some arriving fully freighted into port, others sallying forth on new expeditions, like so many merchantmen in a... | |
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