 | 1880 - 516 pagine
...an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor ft 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 neighbor, even in the roughest toil, and was a foreoo most man at... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 444 pagine
...It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, witli a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish...though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. lie would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps,... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 328 pagine
...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, with a rod as long and as heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 970 pagine
...an insuperable 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,...hill and down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigoons. He would eJC^^fuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, " ^d was a foremost man... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 258 pagine
...an insuperable 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...down dale to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 pagine
.... iasuperable 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,...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 pagine
...an insuperable 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 pagine
...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,...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 - 1883 - 152 pagine
...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...down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pagine
...an insuperable 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,...down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor 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. 
