 | 1819 - 610 pagine
...It could not be for the want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with » rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish...down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never even refuse to assist a neighbour in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pagine
...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,...down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pagine
...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,...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 - 1822 - 402 pagine
...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,...down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1823 - 392 pagine
...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...down dale, to shoot a f'ew squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pagine
...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, with...down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pagine
...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...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... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pagine
...perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as teng and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fleh all day without a murmur, even though he should not...a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece on bis shoulder, for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, nnd up hill and down dale, to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pagine
...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,...heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a mur nuir, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling piece... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pagine
...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,...down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all... | |
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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. 
