The complete angler, by I. Walton and C. Cotton. With a new intr. and notes [by H.K.S. Causton].1851 |
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... , the most hobbling and execrable verses that ever made their appearance , of the doggrel kind . - Browne . Mont . Essays , and others , affirm this.-Iz. Wa . gravel , lets the smaller fish nibble and bite the 66 THE COMPLETE ANGLER .
... , the most hobbling and execrable verses that ever made their appearance , of the doggrel kind . - Browne . Mont . Essays , and others , affirm this.-Iz. Wa . gravel , lets the smaller fish nibble and bite the 66 THE COMPLETE ANGLER .
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... bite the end of it , at which time she by little and little draws the smaller fish so near to her , that she may leap upon them , and then catches and devours them ; and for this reason some have called this fish the Sea - Angler . And ...
... bite the end of it , at which time she by little and little draws the smaller fish so near to her , that she may leap upon them , and then catches and devours them ; and for this reason some have called this fish the Sea - Angler . And ...
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... bite of Perch , or Bleak , or Dace , And on the world and my Creator think ; Whilst some men strive ill - gotten goods t ' embrace , And others spend their time in base excess Of wine , or worse , in war and wantonness . Let them that ...
... bite of Perch , or Bleak , or Dace , And on the world and my Creator think ; Whilst some men strive ill - gotten goods t ' embrace , And others spend their time in base excess Of wine , or worse , in war and wantonness . Let them that ...
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... . He always loves a large bait , and will bite at several sorts of flies , or other mixtures ; as a fly , an oak- worm and paste , all on the hook together . - Browne . with his belly slit , to shew his white ;. 96 THE COMPLETE ANGLER . ...
... . He always loves a large bait , and will bite at several sorts of flies , or other mixtures ; as a fly , an oak- worm and paste , all on the hook together . - Browne . with his belly slit , to shew his white ;. 96 THE COMPLETE ANGLER . ...
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... bite , but not sure to catch him , for he is not a leather - mouthed fish and after this manner you may fish for him with almost any kind of live fly , but especially with a grasshopper . VEN . But before you go further , I pray good ...
... bite , but not sure to catch him , for he is not a leather - mouthed fish and after this manner you may fish for him with almost any kind of live fly , but especially with a grasshopper . VEN . But before you go further , I pray good ...
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Страница 110 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of Roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten: In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and Ivy buds, Thy Coral clasps and Amber studs, All these in me no means can move, To come to thee, and be thy love.
Страница 109 - If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy Love.
Страница 147 - Courts, I would rejoice ; Or, with my Bryan and a book, Loiter long days near Shawford brook ; There sit by him, and eat my meat ; There see the sun both rise and set ; There bid good morning to next day ; There meditate my time away ; And angle on, and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave.
Страница 292 - He that loses his conscience, has nothing left that is worth keeping:" therefore be sure you look to that. And, in the next place, look to your health : and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience ; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, — a blessing that money cannot buy ; and therefore value it, and be thankful for it.
Страница 108 - A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me, and be my love.
Страница 110 - But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights my mind might move To live with thee and be thy love.
Страница 46 - I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice : but he that hopes to be a good angler, must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a love and propensity to the art itself; but having once got and practised it, then doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.
Страница 242 - tis beloved by many: Other joys Are but toys, Only this Lawful is; For our skill Breeds no ill, But content and pleasure. In a morning up we rise, Ere Aurora's peeping: Drink a cup to wash our eyes, Leave the sluggard sleeping: Then we go To and fro, With our knacks At our backs, To such streams As the Thames, If we have the leisure.
Страница 114 - I'll promise you I'll sing a song that was lately made at my request by Mr. William Basse, one that hath made the choice songs of the
Страница lviii - And I am the willinger to justify the pleasant part of it, because though it is known I can be serious at seasonable times, yet the whole Discourse is, or rather was, a picture of my own disposition, especially in such days and times as I have laid aside business, and gone a fishing with honest Nat. and R. Roe ; but they are gone, and with them most of my pleasant hours, even as a shadow that passeth away and returns not.