The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's RecreationWiley & Putnam, 1847 - 249 páginas |
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... fly fall lightly as a drop of snow on each turn of the wave , or under the out - eaten turf , or over the deep , dark pool . You have taken from him half his life , " if his free breathing be denied " BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE .
... fly fall lightly as a drop of snow on each turn of the wave , or under the out - eaten turf , or over the deep , dark pool . You have taken from him half his life , " if his free breathing be denied " BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE .
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... turning author shows the excellence of his disposition , and is a strong proof , among many others , of that amiable and kind temper which belongs to the true lover of the angle . His father Agesilaus , a noble and rich citizen of Ana ...
... turning author shows the excellence of his disposition , and is a strong proof , among many others , of that amiable and kind temper which belongs to the true lover of the angle . His father Agesilaus , a noble and rich citizen of Ana ...
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... turn in these sentences ( strongly reminding one of Apuleius ' definition of Conscience , in his Golden Ass ) which Walton could scarcely have given or remem- bered . His best reason , however , for his writing the treatise is given by ...
... turn in these sentences ( strongly reminding one of Apuleius ' definition of Conscience , in his Golden Ass ) which Walton could scarcely have given or remem- bered . His best reason , however , for his writing the treatise is given by ...
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... turn of the stream , listen for his pressure of his arm locked with ours . hangs over the best fishing day ; success loses half its pleasure , and , though agreeable companions offer to succeed him , we had rather ply the line alone but ...
... turn of the stream , listen for his pressure of his arm locked with ours . hangs over the best fishing day ; success loses half its pleasure , and , though agreeable companions offer to succeed him , we had rather ply the line alone but ...
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... turn him in and rub up his memory , he was upon the instant forced to scribble what he thus presented " to his " most worthy Father and Friend , Mr. Izaak Walton the Elder , " " which he had also endeavored to accommodate to Walton's ...
... turn him in and rub up his memory , he was upon the instant forced to scribble what he thus presented " to his " most worthy Father and Friend , Mr. Izaak Walton the Elder , " " which he had also endeavored to accommodate to Walton's ...
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The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation Izaak Walton,Charles Cotton Visualização integral - 1847 |
The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation Izaak Walton,Charles Cotton Visualização integral - 1847 |
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Página 73 - 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.
Página 75 - A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. 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.
Página 72 - And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle...
Página 69 - As I left this place, and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me' 'twas a handsome milkmaid that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be, as too many men too often do; but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale.
Página vii - Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants? Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? Or his head with fish spears?
Página 73 - The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
Página 246 - I'll be rather. Would the World now adopt me for her heir ; Would beauty's Queen entitle me the fair ; Fame speak me fortune's minion ; could I
Página 67 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing. insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art.
Página 106 - Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did ; " and so, if I might be judge, " God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.