 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 814 Seiten
...aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be for want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man in all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | John Hamer - 1903 - 362 Seiten
...aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be for the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long...shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never even refuse to assist a neighbour in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics... | |
 | 1903 - 362 Seiten
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. Rip would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy...Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even although he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulders... | |
 | D.C. Heath and Company - 1903 - 362 Seiten
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. Rip would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy...Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even although he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulders... | |
 | Alexander Jessup, Henry Seidel Canby - 1903 - 572 Seiten
...aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance, for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day long without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon - 1911 - 592 Seiten
...contemplation of the uneventful lives of the monks who inhabited it filled me with a sense of peace. 4. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for...down dale to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. 5. We were aware that this man had been unusually interested in our arrival at the hotel and that he... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1912 - 356 Seiten
...aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long...be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps and up hill and... | |
 | 1912 - 332 Seiten
...aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long...Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even although he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling piece on his shoulders... | |
 | May Louise Harvey - 1912 - 424 Seiten
...be from the want of perseverance, for he would sit on a wet rock with a long heavy rod in his hand and fish all day without a murmur even though he should...be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a gun on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, up hill and down dale, to... | |
 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 360 Seiten
...aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the e0 want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long...be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and e5 up hill... | |
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It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. 
