 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 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... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1895 - 246 σελίδες
...HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. II. RIP VAN WINKLE. 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 - 1896 - 416 σελίδες
...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...and fish all day without a murmur, -even though he shoulft not be encouraged by a singlejnibble. He ; would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for... | |
 | 1896 - 374 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...sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's1 lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 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 - 1897 - 152 σελίδες
...would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an jnsuperable 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... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 σελίδες
...bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuper25 able aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could...even though he should not be encouraged by a single for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and down dale, to shoot a few squirrels... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 σελίδες
...bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuper25 able aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could...even though he should not be encouraged by a single for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and down dale, to shoot a few squirrels... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 50 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;...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... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - 330 σελίδες
...him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip Van Winkle's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could...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, and even though he should not be encouraged... | |
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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. 
