 | 1907 - 284 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Lawton Bryan Evans - 1908 - 268 σελίδες
...else ; and the rain always set in just as he had some outdoor work to do. "He would sit on a wet rock and fish all day without a murmur, even though he...be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a gun on his shoulders for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and down dale,... | |
 | Charles Sears Baldwin - 1909 - 402 σελίδες
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance;...should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would cany a fowling-piece on his shoulder, for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1909 - 426 σελίδες
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance...with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and 20 fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1909 - 428 σελίδες
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance;...with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and 20 fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would... | |
 | Adrien Baret - 1909 - 332 σελίδες
...great er'ror in Rip's composit'ion was an insu'perable aver'sion to all kinds of profitable la'bour. It could not be from the want of assidu'ity or perseve'rance...he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and Aeav'y as a Tar'tar's lance, and fish all day without' a mur'mur, e'ven though he should not be encour'aged... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, Jennie Freeborn Owens - 1909 - 534 σελίδες
...be from the want of perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though...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... | |
 | 1910 - 444 σελίδες
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance...day without a murmur, even though he should not be enfiouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together,... | |
 | 1910 - 408 σελίδες
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable 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, 1 5 with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1911 - 470 σελίδες
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he 25 would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without... | |
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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. 
