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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... known by different names : thus the marsh and the meadow - worm are the same : the lob - worm or twachel is called the dew - worm , and the garden - worm ; and the dock- worm is , in some places , called the flag - worm . The tag - tail ...
... known by different names : thus the marsh and the meadow - worm are the same : the lob - worm or twachel is called the dew - worm , and the garden - worm ; and the dock- worm is , in some places , called the flag - worm . The tag - tail ...
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... known also by the names of the Ash - fly and the Woodcock - fly ; and in Shropshire it is called the Cannon or Down- hill - fly . 3 The following observations on Daping and Fly - fishing , by a writer contemporary with Walton , are ...
... known also by the names of the Ash - fly and the Woodcock - fly ; and in Shropshire it is called the Cannon or Down- hill - fly . 3 The following observations on Daping and Fly - fishing , by a writer contemporary with Walton , are ...
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... known To him that sees in secret , when Th ' are most conceal'd from other men . But he , that unto others leads the way In public prayer , Should do it so , " As all , that hear , may know They need not fear To tune their hearts unto ...
... known To him that sees in secret , when Th ' are most conceal'd from other men . But he , that unto others leads the way In public prayer , Should do it so , " As all , that hear , may know They need not fear To tune their hearts unto ...
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... known to have been caught with a min- now , in the South of England , was taken in 1755 , by Mr. Howell of Cateaton Street , at Hambledon Lock ( between Maidenhead and Henley ) , the weight of which was sixteen pounds . In 1794 , Mr ...
... known to have been caught with a min- now , in the South of England , was taken in 1755 , by Mr. Howell of Cateaton Street , at Hambledon Lock ( between Maidenhead and Henley ) , the weight of which was sixteen pounds . In 1794 , Mr ...
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... known to be above eight feet high above water . our Camden mentions , in his Britannia , ' the like wonder to be in Pembrokeshire , where the river Tivy falls into the sea ; and that the fall is so downright , and so high , that the ...
... known to be above eight feet high above water . our Camden mentions , in his Britannia , ' the like wonder to be in Pembrokeshire , where the river Tivy falls into the sea ; and that the fall is so downright , and so high , that the ...
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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...