 | 1830 - 596 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....which the wood was to be levelled : it •was in the mouth of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1857 - 798 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 uest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled ; it was... | |
 | 1847 - 926 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 npon nest. In perfect security, all the fatal day arrived In which the wood was to be levelled. The... | |
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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.... 
