 | John Hamer - 1883 - 338 σελίδες
...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...not 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1883 - 152 σελίδες
...would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Eip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could...be from the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for lie would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 σελίδες
...would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could...not 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 σελίδες
...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...lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though ho should not be encouraged by i single nibble, lie would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 σελίδες
...would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could...for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long as a, Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even through he should not be encouraged by... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 σελίδες
...was a great aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be from the want of diligence or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock,...not 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... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 σελίδες
...Rip's composition was an insuperable objection 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 as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 σελίδες
...him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion i to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance;2 for he would sit 011 a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 522 σελίδες
...would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could...for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long ;ind heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 σελίδες
...would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could...not 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... | |
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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. 
