 | Tate Wilkinson - 1795 - 544 стор.
...covered with ravens' feathers : They are a little unwieldy,! mutt confefs,but I have difpofed my wires io as to play them about tolerably well, and make them flap out the candles ; and two of the largefc are to gulp down the grenadiers flationed at each door of the fta~e, with their caps, mulquets,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 430 стор.
...have got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens feathers: they are a little unwieldy, I must confess; but I have disposed my wires, so as...stage, with their caps, muskets, bayonets, and all thuir accoutrements. The sixth labour is an engagement with the Amazons; to represent whom, I have... | |
 | 1803 - 254 стор.
...got a flock of them formed of leather, covered with raven's feathers : they are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires so as...hired all the Wonderful Tall Men and Women that have been lately exhibited in this town. The part of Hyppolita their queen, is to be played by the Female... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 328 стор.
...got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens feathers : they are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires, so as...caps, muskets, bayonets, and all their accoutrements. I shall then present you with a prospect of the Augean stable, where- you will have an arrangement... | |
 | 1823 - 304 стор.
...got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers: they are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires, so as...hired all the wonderful tall men and women that have been lately exhibited in this town. The part of Hippolita their queen is to be played by the female... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 650 стор.
...got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers ; they are a little unwieldy, I must confess; but I have disposed my wires, so as...hired all the wonderful tall men and women that have been lately exhibited in this town. The part of Hippolita their queen is to be played by the female... | |
 | Dutton Cook - 1883 - 308 стор.
...got a Mock of them, formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers. They are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires so as...candles ; and two of the largest are to gulp down the grenadiers stationed at each door of the stage, with their caps, muskets, bayonets, and all their accoutrements."... | |
 | George Clinton Densmore Odell - 1920 - 552 стор.
...the "birds of Stymphalus's lake," who are to be "formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers. ... I have disposed my wires so as to play them about...tolerably well, and make them flap out the candles" — doubtless in the six rings mentioned above — "and two of the largest are to gulp down the grenadiers... | |
 | George Clinton Densmore Odell - 1920 - 612 стор.
...doubtless in the six rings mentioned above — "and two of the largest are to gulp down the grenadiers stationed at each door of the stage, with their caps, muskets, bayonets, and all their accoutrements." Tate Wilkinson, writing at the close of the century, speaks of the abrogation of the practice "within... | |
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I have got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers: they are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires, so as to play them about tolerably well, and make them flap out the candles ; and two of the largest... 