 In a year the wings were finished, and on a morning appointed, the maker appeared furnished for. flight on a little promontory : he waved his pinions awhile to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake.  Elementary Grammar - Pàgina 195per William Henry Maxwell - 1904 - 208 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Sir George Greenhill - 1912 - 202 pàgines
...certain that he should leave vultures and eagles behind him, and the contagion seized upon the Prince. In a year the wings were finished, and on a morning...flight, on a little promontory ; he waved his pinions awhile to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings,... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 pàgines
...by the sudden descent of some of the naked nations that swarm on the coast of the southern sea.'. . In a year the wings were finished, and, on a morning...flight on a little promontory : he waved his pinions awhile to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings,... | |
 | Sir George Greenhill - 1912 - 164 pàgines
...certain that he should leave vultures and eagles behind him, and the contagion seized upon the Prince. In a year the wings were finished, and on a morning...flight, on a little promontory ; he waved his pinions awhile to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings,... | |
 | sir . g. greenhill - 1912 - 168 pàgines
...certain that he should leave vultures and eagles behind him, and the contagion sei2ed upon the Prince. In a year the wings were finished, and on a morning...flight, on a little promontory ; he waved his pinions awhile to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 736 pàgines
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 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1917 - 536 pàgines
...should leave vultures and eagles behind him, and the contagion of his confidence seized upon the prince. In a year the wings were finished, and on a morning...flight, on a little promontory; he waved his pinions awhile to gather air, then 115 leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1918 - 986 pàgines
...should leave vultures and eagles behind him, and the contagion of his confidence seized upon the prince. In a year the wings were finished, and on a morning...flight, on a little promontory ; he waved his pinions awhile to gather air, then ii£ leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His... | |
 | 1919 - 758 pàgines
...security." "The Prince promised secrecy and waited for the performance, not wholly hopeless of success. In a year the wings were finished, and on a morning...promontory; he waved his pinions a while to gather air, then leapt from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pàgines
...should leare vultures and eagles behind him, and the contagion of his confidence seized upon the prince. In a year the wings were finished, and, on a morning...flight on a little promontory: he waved his pinions awhile to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant .dropped into the lake. His wings,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1927 - 260 pàgines
...should leave vultures and eagles behind him, and the contagion of his confidence seized upon the prince. In a year the wings were finished, and, on a morning...{leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped *r into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince... | |
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