The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing |
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As first the lark , when she means to rejoice ; to cheer herself and those that hear
her ; she then quits the earth and sings as she ascends higher into the air , and
having ended her heavenly employment , grows then mute and sad , to think she
...
As first the lark , when she means to rejoice ; to cheer herself and those that hear
her ; she then quits the earth and sings as she ascends higher into the air , and
having ended her heavenly employment , grows then mute and sad , to think she
...
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NE 0 first begin with a commendation of the earth , as you have done most
excellently of the air ; the earth being that element upon which I drive my pleasant
, wholesome , hungry trade . The earth is a solid settled element ; an element
most ...
NE 0 first begin with a commendation of the earth , as you have done most
excellently of the air ; the earth being that element upon which I drive my pleasant
, wholesome , hungry trade . The earth is a solid settled element ; an element
most ...
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Nay , the earth hath no fruitfulness without showers or dews ; for all the herbs ,
and flowers , and fruit , are produced and thrive by the water ; and the very
minerals are fed by streams that run under ground , † whose natural course
carries them ...
Nay , the earth hath no fruitfulness without showers or dews ; for all the herbs ,
and flowers , and fruit , are produced and thrive by the water ; and the very
minerals are fed by streams that run under ground , † whose natural course
carries them ...
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But if you desire to keep gentles to fish with all the year , then get a dead cat , or a
kite , and let it be fly - blown ; and when the gentles begin to be alive and to stir ,
then bury it and them in soft moist earth , but as free from frost as you ...
But if you desire to keep gentles to fish with all the year , then get a dead cat , or a
kite , and let it be fly - blown ; and when the gentles begin to be alive and to stir ,
then bury it and them in soft moist earth , but as free from frost as you ...
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He adviseth , that when you have drained the ground , and made the earth firm
where the head of the pond must be , that you must then , in that place , drive in
two or three rows of oak or elm piles , which should be scorched in the fire , or
half ...
He adviseth , that when you have drained the ground , and made the earth firm
where the head of the pond must be , that you must then , in that place , drive in
two or three rows of oak or elm piles , which should be scorched in the fire , or
half ...
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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.