The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing |
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And Gesner quotes venerable Bede , to say , that in England there is an island
called Ely , by reason of the innumerable number of Eels that breed in it . But that
Eels may be bred as some worms , and some kind of bees and wasps are , either
...
And Gesner quotes venerable Bede , to say , that in England there is an island
called Ely , by reason of the innumerable number of Eels that breed in it . But that
Eels may be bred as some worms , and some kind of bees and wasps are , either
...
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There is also a Bleak , or fresh water Sprat , a fish that is ever in motion , and
therefore called by some the River Swallow ; for just as you shall observe the
swallow to be , most evenings in summer , ever in motion , making short and
quick turns ...
There is also a Bleak , or fresh water Sprat , a fish that is ever in motion , and
therefore called by some the River Swallow ; for just as you shall observe the
swallow to be , most evenings in summer , ever in motion , making short and
quick turns ...
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The last fy for this month , ( and which continues all June , though it comes in the
middle of May , ) is the fly called the camlet - fly , in shape like a moth , with fine
diapered or water wings , and with which ( as I told you before ) I sometimes used
...
The last fy for this month , ( and which continues all June , though it comes in the
middle of May , ) is the fly called the camlet - fly , in shape like a moth , with fine
diapered or water wings , and with which ( as I told you before ) I sometimes used
...
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The same flies with July . 1. Then another ant - fly ; the dubbing of the black
brown hair of a cow , some red warped in for the tag of his tail , and a dark wing .
A killing fly . 2. Next , a fly called the fern - Ay ; * the dubbing of the fur of a hare's
neck ...
The same flies with July . 1. Then another ant - fly ; the dubbing of the black
brown hair of a cow , some red warped in for the tag of his tail , and a dark wing .
A killing fly . 2. Next , a fly called the fern - Ay ; * the dubbing of the fur of a hare's
neck ...
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E And their cases are either Immoveable . being affixed ( Round , with little
threads to stones ; and have a body either Flat , and more compressed , Water
insects without little threads . that cover Or moveable , portable and migratory ,
called ...
E And their cases are either Immoveable . being affixed ( Round , with little
threads to stones ; and have a body either Flat , and more compressed , Water
insects without little threads . that cover Or moveable , portable and migratory ,
called ...
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Страница 110 - ... hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did...
Страница 86 - 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 111 - 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 84 - Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it: it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow now at least fifty years ago. And the milk-maid's mother sung an answer to it which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger days. They were oldfashioned poetry, but choicely good; I think much better than the strong lines which are now in fashion in this critical age.
Страница 54 - 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 232 - Dear Solitude, the soul's best friend, That man acquainted with himself dost make, And all his Maker's wonders to intend. With thee I here converse at will, And would be -glad to do so still, For it is thou alone that keep'st the soul awake.
Страница 85 - Slippers, lined choicely for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold. 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 58 - Wherefore, most sacred Spirit, I here present For me and all my fellows praise to Thee : And just it is that I should pay the rent, Because the benefit accrues to me.
Страница 83 - I sat down, when I was last this way a-fishing. And the birds in the adjoining grove seemed to have a friendly contention with an echo, whose dead voice seemed to live in a hollow tree, near to the brow of that primrose hill.
Страница 85 - A gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull; Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold; 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.
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| Заглавие | The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing |
| Автори | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton |
| Редактор | James Rennie |
| Издател | T. Tegg & Son, 1835 |
| Оригиналът е от | Калифорнийският университет |
| Цифровизирана на | 7 Дек 2007 |
| Брой страници | 328 страници |
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