| William Grant Stewart - 1860 - 372 σελίδες
...wood. There were first some rows of trees laid down, in order to level a floor for the habitation ; and as the place was steep, this raised the lower...trees, were interwoven with ropes, made of heath and birch twigs, up to the top of the Cage, it being of a round, or rather oval, shape; and the whole thatched... | |
| Walter Scott - 1866 - 370 σελίδες
...wood. There were first some rows of trees laid down, in order to level the floor for a habitation : and as the place was steep, this raised the lower...trees, were interwoven with ropes, made of heath and birch twigs, up to the top of The Cage, it being of a round or rather oval shape; and the whole thatched... | |
| Charles Stretton - 1866 - 338 σελίδες
...wood. There were first some rows of trees laid down in order to level a floor for the habitation ; and as the place was steep, this raised the lower...these trees, in the way of joists or planks, were entirely well levelled with earth and gravel. There were betwixt the trees, growing naturally on their... | |
| Book - 1867 - 662 σελίδες
...by way of joists or planks, were bedded with earth and gravel. There were betwixt the trees, crowing naturally on their own roots, some stakes fixed in...trees, were interwoven with ropes made of heath and birch twigs up to the top of the Cage, it being of an oval shape, and the whole thatched or covered... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 398 σελίδες
...rows of trees biid down, in order to level a floor for a habitation ; and us the place was steep, ibis raised the lower side to an equal height with the other; and these trees, in the WHY of joists or planks, were levelled with earth and gravel. There were betwixt the trees, growing... | |
| Walter Scott - 1869 - 336 σελίδες
...wood. There were first some rows of trees laid down, in order to level the floor for a habitation; and as the place was steep, this raised the lower...these trees, in the way of joists or planks, were leveled with earth and gravel. There were betwixt the trees, growing naturally on their own roots,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1869 - 544 σελίδες
...order to level a floor for the habitation, and as the place was steep, this raised the lower side to equal height with the other, and these trees, in the way of joists or planks, were entirely well levelled with earth and gravel. There were betwixt the trees, growing naturally on their... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1869 - 542 σελίδες
...wood. There were first some rows of trees laid down, in order to level a floor for the habitation, and as the place was steep, this raised the lower side to equal height with the other, and these trees, in the way of joists or planks, were entirely well levelled... | |
| M H. Towry - 1870 - 138 σελίδες
...wood. There were first some rows of trees laid down, in order to level a floor for the habitation, and, as the place was steep, this raised the lower...were betwixt the trees, growing naturally on their roots, some stakes fixed in the earth, which, with the trees, were interwoven with ropes, made of heath... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - 798 σελίδες
...of wood. There were first some rows of trees laid down, in order to level a floor for a hahitation ; and as the place was steep, this raised the lower side to an eqnal height with the other ; and these trees, in the way of joists or planks, were levelled with earth... | |
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