 | Mary Howitt - 1836 - 280 pàgines
...and stones, and dig up the earth, and make a large mound which will shut out the sea, and we «hall have land enough and to spare." As he finished his...and the people upon it in great numbers, but it took no notice thereof. And it went down and came up again, and they had pushed out the bank still further,... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1836 - 242 pàgines
...began they with axes to fell wood ; with levers and mattocks to wrench up stones ; and with wagons, horses, and oxen, to lead them to the sea. Now, it...the time of low water, and the tide being gone down B very far, they began to dig up the earth and to make a mighty bank. So when the sea came up again,... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1839 - 198 pàgines
...began they with axes to fell wood ; with levers and mattocks to wrench up stones ; and with wagons, horses, and oxen, to lead them to the sea. Now, it...the people upon it in great numbers ; but it took no notice thereof. And it went down, and came up again, and they had pushed out the bank still further,... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1842 - 196 pàgines
...began they with axes to fell wood ; with levers and mattocks to wrench up stones ; and with wagons, horses, and oxen, to lead them to the sea. Now, it...and the people upon it in great numbers; but it took no notice thereof. And it went down, and came up again, and they had pushed out the bank still further,... | |
 | 1841 - 404 pàgines
...began they with axes to fell wood ; with levers and mattocks to wrench up stones ; and with wagons, horses, and oxen, to lead them to the sea. Now, it...and the people upon it in great numbers, but it took no notice thereof. And it went down and came up again, and they had pushed out the bank still farther,... | |
 | Mary Howitt - 1864 - 284 pàgines
...began they with axes to fell wood ; with levers and mattocks to wrench up stones ; and with wagons, horses, and oxen, to lead them to the sea. Now, it being the time of low-water, and the tide being gone down very far, they began to dig up the earth and to make a mighty... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 pàgines
...wood ; with levers * and mattocks ' to wrench up stones ; and with wagons, horses, and oxen, to draw them to the sea. Now, it being the time of low water, and the tide being g6ne down very far, they began to dig up the earth, and to make a mighty bank. So, when the sea came... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 322 pàgines
...began they with axes to fell wood ; with levers and mattocks to wrench up stones ; and with wagons, horses, and oxen to lead them to the sea. Now, it...they began to dig up the earth, and to make a mighty bank.V So 'when the sea came up again, it saw the bank and the people upon it in great numbers ; but... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 pàgines
...wood ; with levers ' and mattocks 3 to wrench up stones ; and with wagons, horses, and oxen, to draw them to the sea. Now, it being the time of low water,...the people upon it in great numbers ; but it took no notice thereof. 6. And it went down, and came up again, and they had pushed out the bank still farther,... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 pàgines
...fell wood; with lOvcrs3 and mattocks3 to wrench up stones; and with wagons, horses, and oxen, to draw them to the sea. Now, it being the time of low water,- and the tide being gdne down very far, they began to dig up the earth, and to make a mighty bank. So, when the sea came... | |
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Now, it being the time of low water, and the tide being gone down very far, they began to dig up the earth, and to make a mighty bank. So when the sea came up again, it saw the bank and the people upon it in great numbers; but it took no notice thereof. 