 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1809 - 574 pages
...and the same man workt in the night, making a hole in the earth, after lifting the boards ; whiehnhey did by scratching it up with their hands not to make...helping the man to carry the earth as they dug it, in a fheet on his back, out at the window into the garden ; he then made a box at his own house, large enough... | |
 | 1809 - 1020 pages
...the night, making a hole in the earth, after lifting tho boards ; which they did by scratching i£ up with their hands not to make any noise, till she...her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth in a sheet on 1пч back, out at the window into the garden ; he then rnade a box at his own house,... | |
 | George Rose - 1809 - 440 pages
...mother kept the key : she and the same man workt in the night, making a hole in the earth, after lifting the boards ; which they did by scratching it up with their hands not to nuke any noise, till she left not a nail upon her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 540 pages
...mother kept the key ; she and the same man worked in the night, making a hole in the earth after lifting the boards, which they did by scratching it up with...carry the earth as they dug it, in a sheet, on his hack, out at the window into the garden ; he then made a box at his own house, large enough for her... | |
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...the boards, which they did by scratching it up with their bands, not to make any noise, till the had left not a nail upon her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth as they dug it, ia a kheet on his back out at the window into the garden ; he then made a box at his own house, large... | |
 | 1818 - 628 pages
...kept the key ; she and the some man worked in the night, making a hole in the earth, after lifting the boards, which they did by scratching it up with their hands, not to nuke any noise, till she had left not a nail upon her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth... | |
 | Lady Grisell Baillie Murray - 1822 - 208 pages
...mother kept the key. She and the same man worked in the night, making a hole in the earth, after lifting the boards ; which they did by scratching it up with...carry the earth, as they dug it, in a sheet on his hack, out at the window into the garden. He then made a box at his own house, krge enough for her father... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...he read aloud : — " As the gloomy habitation my grandfather was in was not to be long endured hut from necessity, they were contriving other places...hands, •not to make any noise, till she left not anail upon her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth, as they dug it, in a sheet on his... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...key. She and the same man worked in the night, making a hole in the earth, after lifting the hoards; ee it : sir, I say you can't see. What d' ye say to that, now ? SIB Jos. I flngers ; she helping the man to carry the earth, as they dug it. iu a sheet on his back, out at the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 496 pages
...kept the key ; she and the same man worked in the night, making a 'hole in the earth, after lifting the boards, which they did by scratching it up with their hands, not to make any noise, till she had left not a nail on her fingers ; she helping the man to carry the earth as they dug it, in a sheet... | |
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... endured but from necessity, they were contriving other places of safety for him ; amongst others, particularly one under a bed which drew out, in a ground floor, in a room of which my mother kept the key. She and the same man worked in the night,... 
