 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.  Cyr's Fourth Reader - Page 210by Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...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...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 pages
...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...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 pages
...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 pages
...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...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 - 1824 - 804 pages
...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...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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...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... | |
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