 | Gilbert White - 1842 - 336 páginas
...hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day ar. rived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the...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... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1842 - 342 páginas
...jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lada were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous....upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day ar. rived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1842 - 348 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....upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day ar. rived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually... | |
 | 1842 - 172 páginas
...gave up the effort. The ravens therefore built on, nest after nest, in security, till the very day in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when these birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted in the opening,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1843 - 424 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....wedges 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 on.... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 páginas
...that the most daring lad was awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the raven built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till...be levelled. It was in the month of February, when these birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the root, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | Wonders - 1848 - 496 páginas
...jutted out so much 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 after nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived when the tree was to be levelled. It was... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1849 - 344 páginas
...most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazard* Zoologist, i. 215. ous. So the Ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect...was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted in the opening, the wood echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1850 - 458 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....wedges 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 on.... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 páginas
...nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day on which the wood was to be levelled. This was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the trunk, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the wood echoed to the heavy blows of the mallet,... | |
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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.... 
