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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. "
Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc., for ... - Page 28
by Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 119 pages
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of ..., Volume 5

1819 - 610 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be for the want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock,...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. 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 ; for he would sit on a wet rock,...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. 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 ; for he would sit on a wet rock,...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1823 - 392 pages
...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 ; for he would sit t)na wet rock, .with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur,...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. 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; for he would sit on a wet rock,...
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Legends of Terror!: And Tales of the Wonderful and Wild ; Original and ...

1826 - 654 pages
...aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be from want of assiduity or peiseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long...day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84

1819 - 606 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be for the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock,...
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The Beauties of Washington Irving, Esq. ...

Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. 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 ; for he would sit on a wet rock,...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. 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 ; for he would sit on a wet rock,...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Washington Irving - 1834 - 316 pages
...on him with impunity ; and not n dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great enror 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 ; for he would sit on a wet rock,...
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