 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 страници
...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... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 страници
...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 aibremostman at all country... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 422 страници
...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,...though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. Ho would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 280 страници
...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 a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, is and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He... | |
 | W. P. F. Ljunggren - 1893 - 178 страници
...by fj'tn; sometimes if is used in the same meaning as though. He would sit on a wet rock — — — and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. (Irving, Sk. b. 20). Nor can I see it in an unamiable light, even though it sJumld be sometimes mistaken.... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 страници
...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... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1895 - 246 страници
...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 страници
...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... | |
 | 1896 - 374 страници
...assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's1 lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 страници
...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...and fish all day without a murmur, -even though he shoulft not be encouraged by a singlejnibble. He ; would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for... | |
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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. 
