as it was.

[tufguy]

He said there would be quite enough hard work in towing sufficient food for Harris up against the stream, as it was.

What does "as it was" mean?

 

[Rover_KE]

Source?

 

[GoesStation]

I suspect Jerome K. Jerome was writing in a dialect in which the expression "as it were" comes out "as it was". The expression means "so to speak".

 

[SoothingDave]

Or it's talking about how the stream was (swollen and rapid?). Or there is some proposal to take more than just the sufficient food. It could mean lots of things.

 

[tufguy]

Source?

"Three Men In A Boat" you asked me not to read that novel because it was written in 1889. I stopped reading it. I am not following it as I used to do earlier. When you asked me not to read it I stopped. But I read it casually to know about the story. It is something that can be used in day to day life "was of the view" so I asked you about it.

 

[andrewg927]

How much of that novel can you understand without outside help? I have the feeling that that novel may be too difficult for you. Perhaps you could try something easier like the Twilight books. I haven't read them but heard they are very easy to read.