 | Kenneth Grahame - 1908 - 324 pages
...solemnly, as he leant forward for his stroke. 'Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolute nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,' he went on dreamily: 'messing — about — in — boats; messing ' 'Look ahead, Rat!'... | |
 | 1914 - 428 pages
...solemnly, as he leant forward for his stroke. " Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — ahsolute nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,** he went on dreamily: " messing — about — in — boats. ... Nothing seems really... | |
 | Kenneth Grahame - 1915 - 324 pages
...solemnly, as he leant forward for his stroke. 'Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolute nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,' he went on dreamily: 'messing • — about — in — boats; messing -' 'Look ahead,... | |
 | Hannah Theresa McManus, John Henry Haaren - 1917 - 336 pages
...thing," said the Water Rat solemnly as he leaned forward for his. stroke. "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so...much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing," he went on dreamily; "messing — about — in — boats; messing " "Look ahead, Rat!"... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1925 - 408 pages
...thing," said the Water Eat solemnly as he leaned forward for his stroke. " Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so...much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing," he went on dreamily, " messing — about — in — boats; messing — " "Look ahead,... | |
 | David Thompson Watson McCord - 1926 - 184 pages
...shall keep their secret. Half Hours at Sea "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolute nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." — The Wind in the Willows. CLEAR the battens," yelled the first mate. "Certainly," I said. "If there... | |
 | 1927 - 888 pages
...has to say about boats : "Nice?" he says solemnly, "It's the only thing. Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing," he went on, dreamily: "Messing about in boats . . . Nothing seems really to matter... | |
 | Sharon Osborne Brown - 1928 - 454 pages
...slim book of poems, Floodgate (1927). HALF HOURS AT SEA* DAVID McCoRD "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so...much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." — The Wind in the Willows! "Clear the battens," yelled the first mate. "Certainly," I said. "If there... | |
 | Kenneth Grahame - 1954 - 280 pages
...thing/ said the Water Rat solemnly, as he leant forward for his stroke. 'Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so...much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,' he went on dreamily: 'messing — about — in — boats; messing ' 'Look ahead, Rat!'... | |
 | Harold Arthur Harris - 1972 - 328 pages
...never been better expressed than by Water Rat in The Wind in the Willows: Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so...much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing, messing — about — in — boats. Yet however much we may admire those who are content... | |
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Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. 
