 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.  Essays from the Sketch Book - Page 11by Washington Irving - 1891Full view - About this book
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 412 pages
...composition was an aversion to 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...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... | |
 | Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.) - 1899 - 920 pages
...aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverenae; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy ns a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by... | |
 | Frederick Henry Sykes - 1900 - 232 pages
...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, with a rod as long...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour, even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 252 pages
...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, with a rod as long...day without a murmur, even though he should not be encourage by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging... | |
 | George Henry Nettleton - 1901 - 254 pages
...aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseve- 5 ranee; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long...fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging 10 through woods and swamps, and up hill and down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 376 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 364 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 536 pages
...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...be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowjing-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and.... | |
 | 1901 - 628 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1901 - 250 pages
...composition was an aversion to 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...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... | |
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