 | 1819 - 610 Seiten
...Rip's composition was 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 » rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should... | |
 | 1826 - 654 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...Rip's composition was 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 teng and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fleh all day without a murmur, even though he should not be... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 Seiten
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance...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 - 1835 - 284 Seiten
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance...heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmer, even though he should not be encouraged by a sinble nibble. He would carry a fowling piece... | |
 | 1839 - 256 Seiten
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance...as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all daywithout a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 518 Seiten
...with impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds...want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit oil a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur,... | |
 | 1849 - 340 Seiten
...The great error in Rip's composition was an 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 as Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...The great error in Rip's composition was an insnperable 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 äs long and heavy äs a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not... | |
 | 1856 - 704 Seiten
...following, from a Washington correspondent, we thought of this characteristic of KIP VAN WINKLE : ' He would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and...even though he should not be encouraged by a single bite : ' 1 A FRIEND of mine once told me a ' good thing,' in the piscatorial line, of a gentleman of... | |
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The great error in Rip's composition was 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 as a Tartar's lance, and fish... 
