 | 1819 - 188 стор.
...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...those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges wtre inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 стор.
...the title of The Raven-tree. Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry : the difficulty whetted their inclinations, and each...those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 стор.
...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...those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 стор.
...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 - 542 стор.
...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 - 188 стор.
...ambitious of performing the arduous task. But, when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so much in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that...those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 868 стор.
...ambitious of surmounting the arduous task. But when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so much in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that...those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | 1830 - 550 стор.
...jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were ewed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous....those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed with the heavy blows of the beetle... | |
 | 1830 - 596 стор.
...undertaking to be too hazardous* So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, titi the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be...saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted * " We have the following explanation of the Pleslor in the AnJlrjuitiet of Setborm," says Sir W. Jardine,... | |
 | George Montagu - 1831 - 670 стор.
...each was ambitious of surmounting the ardent task. But when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp,...be levelled ; it was in the month of February, when they usually sit. The saw was applied to the trunk ; the wedges were inserted into the opening ; the... | |
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... 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. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest,... 
