 | R. E. - 1851 - 464 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 fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be felled. It was in the month of February, when these birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt,... | |
 | 1852 - 58 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,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1853 - 386 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...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 into the opening,... | |
 | 1853 - 420 páginas
...upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived 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 woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | 1853 - 428 páginas
...upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived 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 woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 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....wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle and mallet, the tree nodded to its fall, but still the dam sat on.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1854 - 538 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.... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 páginas
...jutted out so in their way, and was so fur beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous....the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be leveled. It was in the month of February, when these birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 592 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....in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in THE BAVEN. 57 which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1854 - 532 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, neet upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled.... | |
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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.... 
