 Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry : the difficulty whetted their inclinations, 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...  The Country Gentleman's Magazine - עמוד 378מאת Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Walter Johnson - 1928 - 372 דפים
...venerable oak, but the bulging excrescence on which the ravens had fixed their eyry made every undertaking hazardous. " So the ravens built on, nest upon nest,...arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 1990 - 930 דפים
...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,...be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 2002 - 1160 דפים
...was ambitious of surmounting the arduous task. But, when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out e little prisoners, which sometimes followed for five...stable where our horses were led. In this way, before those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | 1833 - 442 דפים
...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,...be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the but — the wedges were inserted into the opening... | |
 | 1867 - 566 דפים
...ambitions 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...be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening,... | |
 | 1830 - 596 דפים
...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,...which the wood was to be levelled : it •was in the mouth of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1857 - 798 דפים
...was ambitious of surmounting the ardent task. But when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp,...be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon uest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled ; it was... | |
 | 1847 - 926 דפים
...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,...to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest npon nest. In perfect security, all the fatal day arrived In which the wood was to be levelled. The... | |
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