 | 1849 - 340 Seiten
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable 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,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insnperable 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 äs long and heavy äs a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not... | |
 | 1856 - 704 Seiten
...following, from a Washington correspondent, we thought of this characteristic of KIP VAN WINKLE : ' He would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and...day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single bite : ' 1 A FRIEND of mine once told me a ' good thing,' in the piscatorial... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...thousand trioks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable 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,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 478 Seiten
...him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aver«ion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be...day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 Seiten
...thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable...day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 360 Seiten
...Rip Van Winkle lived in a country-village under the Catskills, and we are told by Mr. Irving that " the great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor." There is more than one Rip Van Winkle in every American village ; but instead of decently lying down... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert) Holland - 1866 - 348 Seiten
...Rip Van Winkle lived in a country-village under the Catskills, and we are told by Mr. Irving that " the great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor." There is more than one Rip Van Winkle in every American village; but instead of decently lying down... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 Seiten
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable 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,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 524 Seiten
...not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was au insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or pel-severance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and... | |
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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. 
