The Complete Angler, Or Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts: the First Written by Mr. Izaak Walton, the Second by Charles Cotton, EsqS. Bagster, 1815 - 514 страници |
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... light , when weighed against those of a mind stored , like his , with a great variety of useful knowledge , and a temper that could harbour no malevolent thought or insidious design , nor stoop to the arts of fraud or flattery , but ...
... light , when weighed against those of a mind stored , like his , with a great variety of useful knowledge , and a temper that could harbour no malevolent thought or insidious design , nor stoop to the arts of fraud or flattery , but ...
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... light , a very shallow monster ! ” ( 1 ) Claudius Ælianus was born at Præneste in Italy , in the reign of the Emperor Adrian . He wrote De Animalium Naturâ , and On Mar- tial Discipline . Of Living Creatures , ch . 16. the Adonis , 114 ...
... light , a very shallow monster ! ” ( 1 ) Claudius Ælianus was born at Præneste in Italy , in the reign of the Emperor Adrian . He wrote De Animalium Naturâ , and On Mar- tial Discipline . Of Living Creatures , ch . 16. the Adonis , 114 ...
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... light and agile , it spends the rest of its short time in frisking over the waters : the female drops her eggs , which are impregnated by the male ; these , being spread about , descend to the bottom by their own gravity , and are ...
... light and agile , it spends the rest of its short time in frisking over the waters : the female drops her eggs , which are impregnated by the male ; these , being spread about , descend to the bottom by their own gravity , and are ...
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... light , and very gentle : I take the best to be of two pieces ' . And let not your line exceed ( especially for three or four links next to the hook ) I say , not exceed three or four hairs at the most ; though you may fish a little ...
... light , and very gentle : I take the best to be of two pieces ' . And let not your line exceed ( especially for three or four links next to the hook ) I say , not exceed three or four hairs at the most ; though you may fish a little ...
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... light and dark coloured , bright brown and that which shines ; also camel's hair , dark , light , and of a colour bag , and trying to make a fly , though 188 PART I THE COMPLETE ANGLER .
... light and dark coloured , bright brown and that which shines ; also camel's hair , dark , light , and of a colour bag , and trying to make a fly , though 188 PART I THE COMPLETE ANGLER .
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