 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, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - الصفحة 67بواسطة Washington Irving - 1823عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 482
...profitable labor. 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...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 246
...profitable labor. 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...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor, even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 554
...profitable labor. 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...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor, even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 152
...profitable labor. 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...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 254
...profitable labor. 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...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 - عدد الصفحات: 254
...profitable labor. 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...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... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 330
...from 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, and even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling piece on his... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1898 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...profitable labor. 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...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... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1898 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's...though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. 3. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps... | |
 | 1898 - عدد الصفحات: 200
...profitable labor. 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 although he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling piece on his shoulders... | |
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