 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1822 - 380 pages
...and buffet and strike their enemy till they have driven him from the village, darting down from above on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line in perfect security. This bird also will sound the alarm, and strike at cats when they climb on the roofs of houses, or... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - Natural history - 1825 - 278 pages
...as soon as an owl or hawk appears. The whole band then pursue and strike their enemy till they expel him from the place ; darting down on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line with perfect security. The Swallow will also strike at cats while they are climbing the roofs of houses.... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 pages
...hülfet and strike their enemy till they have driven him from the village ; darting down from above on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line in perfect security. This bird will also sound the alarm, and strike at cats when they climb on the roofs of houses, or... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...as soon as an owl or hawk appears. The whole band then pursue and strike their enemy till they expel him from the place; darting down on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line with perfect security. The Swallow will also strike at cats while they are climbing the roofs of houses.... | |
 | Stephen Glover - Derbyshire (England) - 1831 - 510 pages
...and buffet and strike their enemy till they have driven him from the village; darting down from above on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line in perfect security. This bird will also sound the alarm, and strike at cats when they climb on the roofs of houses, or... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1832 - 354 pages
...and buffet and strike their enemy till they have driven him from the village, darting down from above on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line in perfect security. This bird also will sound the alarm, and strike at cats when they climb on the roofs of houses, or... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 pages
...and bullet and strike their enemy till they have driven him from the village, darting down from above on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line in perfect security. This bird also will sound the alarm, and strike at cats when they climb on the roofs of houses, or... | |
 | Birds - 1834 - 700 pages
...as soon as an owl or hawk appears. The whole band then pursue and strike their enemy till they expel him from the place; darting down on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line with perfect security. The swallow will also strike at cats while they are climbing the roofs of houses.... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1834 - 392 pages
...buffet and strike their enemy, till they have driven him from the village, darting down from above on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line in perfect security. This bird also will sound the alarm, and strike at cats when they climb on the roofs of houses, or... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 678 pages
...and buffet and strike their enemy till they have driven him from the village, darting down from above on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line in perfect security. This bird also will sound the alarm, and strike at cats when they climb on the roofs of houses, or... | |
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... and buffet and strike their enemy till they have driven him from the village, darting down from above on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line in perfect security. This bird... 
