 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.  The Book of the Short Story - 222. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1903 - 507 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1819 - 610 oldal
...for he would sit on a wet rock, with » rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged...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 - 1820 - 364 oldal
...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 a fowling piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and... | |
 | 1819 - 606 oldal
...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 be encouraged...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... | |
 | 1826 - 654 oldal
...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 a fowling piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 oldal
...a wet rock, with a rod as long and 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 on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 oldal
...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...assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil , and w as a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn , or building stone fences ; the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 oldal
...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 550 oldal
...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...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 oldal
...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...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 oldal
...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...or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian... | |
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