 | Gleanings - 1882 - 686 pages
....-« . • å- ç,- • . iasuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be for the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would...as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all d.iy without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a... | |
 | John Hamer - 1883 - 338 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,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable...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... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable...for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long as a, Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even through he should not be encouraged by... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 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...lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though ho should not be encouraged by i single nibble, lie would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...was a great aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be from the want of diligence or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock,...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... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...Rip's composition was an insuperable objection to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be for want of assiduity or perseverance, for he would sit on a wet rock with a rod as long as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion i to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance;2 for he would sit 011 a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 522 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable...for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long ;ind heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1888 - 748 pages
...thousand tricks on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable...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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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. 
