 | 1835
...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.... | |
 | 1835
...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 month of February, when those birds usually sit. TRfe saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1836 - 275 стор.
...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....nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived on which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837
...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 duni sat on.... | |
 | William Hone - 1837
...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 .ts fall, but still the dam sat on.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 640 стор.
...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.... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1837
...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 they usually sit. The saw was applied to the trunk ; the wedges were inserted into the opening ; the... | |
 | William Hone - 1837
...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....the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of F<?6ruary,when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 2693 стор.
...jutted out so in their way, and was so for beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on nest after nest in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived when the tree was to be felled. It was in... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1830
...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....those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted * " We have the following explanation of the Pleitor in the Antiquities... | |
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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.... 
