 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. He would carry...  The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Страница 52по Washington Irving - 1864 - 507 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1819 - 610 страници
...lance, and fish all 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...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 country frulicks... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 страници
...lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowlingpiece on his shoulder for hours...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 страници
...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 through...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolicks for husking Indian... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 402 страници
...lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowlingpiece on his shoulder for hours...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | 1826 - 654 страници
...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 through...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | 1819 - 606 страници
...would carry a fowling-piece on bis shoulder, for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, nnd up hill and 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 country frolicks... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 страници
...mur nuir, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1831 - 518 страници
...and 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 country frolics for husking Indian corn,orbuilding stone fences. The women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 страници
...lance, and fish all 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...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 страници
...murmer, even though he should not be encouraged by a sinble nibble. He would carry a fowling piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and uphill and down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbour... | |
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