 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. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security,...  Natural history. Birds - Стр. 134авторы: Philip Henry Gosse - 1849Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Bingley - 1803 - Страниц: 606
...awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the Ravens built on, nest upon nesr, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in •which the wood was to be levelled. This was in the month of February, when those Birds usually sir; The saw was applied to the butt, the... | |
 | 1819 - Страниц: 188
...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 security, till the fatal day at rived in which the wood was to be levelled It was in the month of February, when those birds usually... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - Страниц: 380
...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...was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - Страниц: 858
...were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest up in nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived...was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle and mallet, the tree nodded to... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - Страниц: 364
...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...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... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - Страниц: 392
...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 woods echoe"d to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | Young lady - 1829 - Страниц: 542
...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, —... | |
 | 1830 - Страниц: 550
...their grasp, that the most daring lads were ewed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect...was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed with the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - Страниц: 868
...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...was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle and mallet, the tree nodded to... | |
 | 1830 - Страниц: 188
...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...was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle and mallet, the tree The farmer... | |
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