 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 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 leveled. It was in the month of February, when these birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the... | |
 | Johann Matthäus Bechstein - 1856 - 598 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.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1857 - 462 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 (1) COTOM corax.—JGW C nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was... | |
 | 1857 - 474 páginas
...a pair of Ravens had, for a series of years, fixed their residence: at length, the day arrived when the wood was to be levelled: — ** It was in the month of February, when Ravens usually sit: the saw was applied to the butt, — the wedges were inserted in the opening, —... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1860 - 356 páginas
...their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and NATURAL HISTORY 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 B1VEN. LETTEE III. THE fossil shells of this district,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 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,... | |
 | John Potter Hamilton - 1860 - 362 páginas
...their grasp that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. The ravens built on, nest upon nest in perfect security, till the fatal day came in which the wood was to be levelled. This was in the month of February, when the birds usually... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1861 - 528 páginas
...awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon iiest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in...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.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1862 - 456 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.... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 848 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....in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the mouth of February, when these birds usually sit The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted... | |
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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.... 
