 | Daniel Defoe - 1734 - 552 pages
...the Ducks live in England; ib inviting or rather wheedling them forward, 'till by Degrees they arc all gotten under the Arch or Sweep of the Net, which...imperceptibly to them, declines lower and lower, and alio narrower and narrower, 'till at the farthCr End it comes to a Point like a Pude; though this farther... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1761 - 360 pages
...above them. Here the Detoy-Man, keeping unfeen behind the Hedges of Reeds, which are made perfedtly clofe, goes Forward, throwing Corn over the Reeds...the farther End it comes to a Point like a Purfe, tho* this farther End is quite out of Sight, and perhaps two or three hundred Yards from the hrft Entrance.... | |
 | 1790 - 926 pages
...invite, or rather wheedle, them forward, till by degrees they are all gotten under the arch or fweep of the net, which is on the trees, and which by degrees,...imperceptibly to them, declines lower and lower, and narrower and narrower, till at the further end it comes to a point like a purfe, though this further... | |
 | 1801 - 736 pages
...incite, or rather wheedle them forward, till by degrees they are all gotten under the arch or fwecp of the net which is on the trees, and which, by degrees, imperceptibly to them, declines lower and lower, narrower and narrower, till at the further end it comes to a point like a purfe, thou¿h this further... | |
 | James Storer - 1816 - 212 pages
...the wild ones forward, till by degrees they get the whole within the arch or sweep of the net above the trees, and which by degrees, imperceptibly to them, declines lower and lower, and narrower and narrower, till, at the farther end, it conies to a point like a purse, though this further... | |
 | James Sargant Storer - 1816 - 216 pages
...the wild ones forward, till by degrees they get the whole within the arch or sweep of the net above the trees, and which by degrees, imperceptibly to them, declines lower and lower, and narrower and narrower, till, at the further end, it comes to a point like a purse, though this further... | |
 | 1909 - 454 pages
...their foreign Guests, seem to tell them, That now they may find how well the Ducks live in England, so inviting, or rather wheedling them forward, till by...imperceptibly to them, declines lower and lower, and also narrower and narrower, till at the farther End it comes to a Point like a Purse, though this farther... | |
 | 1909 - 466 pages
...live in England, so inviting, or rather wheedling them forward, till by degrees they are all uott.cn under the Arch or Sweep of the Net which is on the...imperceptibly to them, declines lower and lower, and also narrower and narrower, till at the farther Bnd it comes to a Point like a Purse, though this farther... | |
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England ; fo inviting, or rather wheedling them forward, till by degrees they are all gotten under the Arch or Sweep of the Net which is on the Trees, and which... 