 | George Montagu - 1831 - 670 páginas
...it jutted 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 they usually sit. The saw was applied to the trunk ; the wedges were inserted into the opening ; the... | |
 | 1831 - 590 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....So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect • Natural History of Selbornc, p. 6. security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - 342 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....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... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - 566 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....the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, 1 the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle ' or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 páginas
...it jutted 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 they usually sit. The saw was applied to the trunk; the wedges were inserted into the opening; the... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 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....perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which was 54 feet in circumference at the base ; and Wallace's oak, in Torwood, in the county of Stirling,... | |
 | 1833 - 514 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....those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the but — the wedges were inserted into the opening — the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 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....those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or... | |
 | 1834 - 896 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....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 set... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 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....those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle,... | |
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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.... 
