The Complete Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing, Volume 2Nattali and Bond, 1860 - 129 páginas |
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... Pike or Luce . You are to know , there is night as well as day - fishing for a Trout ; and that , in the night , the best Trouts come out of their holes . And the manner of taking them is on the top of the water with a great lob or ...
... Pike or Luce . You are to know , there is night as well as day - fishing for a Trout ; and that , in the night , the best Trouts come out of their holes . And the manner of taking them is on the top of the water with a great lob or ...
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... pikes occurs in an old MS . on vellum , written about the year 1550 , and now in the possession of Dr. Bliss . A CRAFT TO TAK PYKS , & c . Tak asafetida of the fattest an ownce , Stanch gryme di quarter of an ownce , Gume arabek lik ...
... pikes occurs in an old MS . on vellum , written about the year 1550 , and now in the possession of Dr. Bliss . A CRAFT TO TAK PYKS , & c . Tak asafetida of the fattest an ownce , Stanch gryme di quarter of an ownce , Gume arabek lik ...
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... Pike . 5 NOTE continued . ] London papers , 21st June , 1788 , should operate as a general caution against using , in the composition of baits , any ingredient prejudicial to the human constitution . " Newcastle , June 16. Last week ...
... Pike . 5 NOTE continued . ] London papers , 21st June , 1788 , should operate as a general caution against using , in the composition of baits , any ingredient prejudicial to the human constitution . " Newcastle , June 16. Last week ...
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... Pike . 6 PISCATOR . The mighty Luce or Pike is taken to be the tyrant , as the Salmon is the king , of the fresh waters . ' Tis not to be doubted , but that they are bred , some by generation , and some not ; as namely , of a weed ...
... Pike . 6 PISCATOR . The mighty Luce or Pike is taken to be the tyrant , as the Salmon is the king , of the fresh waters . ' Tis not to be doubted , but that they are bred , some by generation , and some not ; as namely , of a weed ...
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... Pike had devoured all the fish , to water his mule , had a Pike bit his mule by the lips ; to which the Pike hung so fast , that the mule drew him out of the water ; and by that accident , the owner of the mule angled out the Pike . And ...
... Pike had devoured all the fish , to water his mule , had a Pike bit his mule by the lips ; to which the Pike hung so fast , that the mule drew him out of the water ; and by that accident , the owner of the mule angled out the Pike . And ...
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Página 391 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuons eye, 'And smiling say —
Página 129 - Walton and Cotton's Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Página 155 - Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, Sweet dews shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie ; My music shews you have your closes, And all must die.
Página 158 - 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 ; " and so, if I might be judge, " God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
Página 381 - ... Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, Not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers.
Página 396 - Silesia, he found a nobleman, 'booted up to the groins,' wading himself, pulling the nets, and labouring as much as any fisherman of them all: and when some belike objected to him the baseness of his office, he excused himself, 'that if other men might hunt hares, why should not he hunt carps?
Página 392 - But crystal currents glide within their bounds ; The finny brood their wonted haunts forsake, Float in the sun, and skim along the lake; With frequent leap they range the shallow streams. Their silver coats reflect the dazzling beams. Now let the fisherman his toil s prepare, And arm himself with ev'ry watery snare ; His hooks, his lines, peruse with careful eye. Increase his tackle, and his rod re-tie.
Página 155 - SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky! The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Página 320 - FAREWELL, thou busy world, and may We never meet again ; Here I can eat, and sleep, and pray, And do more good in one short day Than he who his whole age outwears Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears.
Página 302 - 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...