 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 404 pages
...Rip's 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...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 170 pages
...The great error in Eip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance;...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 252 pages
...great error in Kip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 376 pages
...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...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
...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;...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
...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...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
...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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1901 - 250 pages
...Rip's 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...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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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. 
