Was bedeutet He would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.
If left to himself, he would have whistled his life away in perfect contentment ?

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Rip was one of those happy fools who take the world easy, eat white bread
or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would
rather starve on a penny than work for a pound. If left to himself, he would
have whistled his life away in perfect contentment, but his wife was
continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the
ruin he was bringing on his family. Rip would shrug his shoulders, shake his
head, cast up his eyes, but say nothing. This always provoked a fresh volley
from his wife, so that he left the house to go outside—the only side that
belongs to a henpecked husband.