 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 pages
...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, with a rod 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 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 and heavy Us a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by... | |
 | John Hamer - 1883 - 334 pages
...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, 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 - 1883 - 152 pages
...all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for lie would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy...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... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 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 - 1884 - 472 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...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... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 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 as a, Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even through he should not be encouraged by... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...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, 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 Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
