 | Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.) - 1899 - 920 páginas
...a fowling-piece on his shoulder, for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up bill 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... | |
 | Frances W. Lewis - 1900 - 334 páginas
...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,...in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all the country frolics for husking Indian corn or building stone fences. The women of the village, too,... | |
 | Frederick Henry Sykes - 1900 - 232 páginas
...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,...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 - 1900 - 252 páginas
...though he should not be encourage by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps,...down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. a ooi ao C11 b«a oirf o/ooooo oS^r. 0*0 J=C^J He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 218 páginas
...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,...country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stonefences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such... | |
 | George Henry Nettleton - 1901 - 254 páginas
...by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging 10 through woods and swamps, and up hill and down dale,...frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone- 15 fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 546 páginas
...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,...squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to 25 assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 538 páginas
...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,...squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to 25 assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 542 páginas
...swamps, and up hill and down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to 25 assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was...country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone-fences ; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1901 - 250 páginas
...though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. 3. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps...hill and down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild -£312 £3pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a... | |
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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. He would carry... 
