 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 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,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 Seiten
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout tho neighbourhood. Tho great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not bo from tho want of assiduity or perseverance ; for ho would sit on a wot rock,... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm P. Oertel - 1870 - 244 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,... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 Seiten
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit...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... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 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 for the want of assiduity or perseverance, for he would sit on a wet rock,... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 Seiten
...thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. f shepherd's ancient reed, with hum Of the wild bees of PALESTINE, Banqueting labour. It could not be for the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock,... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 Seiten
...thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. 5. 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,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 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 he from the want of assiduity or perseverance, for he would sit on a wet rock,... | |
 | Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 Seiten
...Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion3 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 and as heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 450 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... | |
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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. 
