 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.  The Illustrated Parlour Miscellany - Page 1121849 - 325 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 152 pages
...want of /assiduity or perseverance ; for be 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,...be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-pieco on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...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,...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-corn,... | |
 | 1888 - 742 pages
...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,...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 - 1888 - 624 pages
...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,...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man in all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 pages
...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 is nibble. He would carry a fowling piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 pages
...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,...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 - 1891 - 276 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | 1891 - 432 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | 1891 - 494 pages
...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,...He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hoinis together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and down dale, to shoot a few squirrels... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1891 - 168 pages
...Irving in his account of Rip Van Winkle who " 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,...though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble." trolls. This word is more generally applied to the bait used than to the water. To troll is to turn... | |
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