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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... stand erect after they are once wet . Feathers are absolutely necessary for the wings and other parts of flies get therefore feathers from the wild mallard , or drake ; from the partridge , especially those red ones in the tail ; from a ...
... stand erect after they are once wet . Feathers are absolutely necessary for the wings and other parts of flies get therefore feathers from the wild mallard , or drake ; from the partridge , especially those red ones in the tail ; from a ...
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... standing on the lee - shore : and you are to take notice , that the fish lies or swims nearer the bottom , and in deeper water , in winter than in summer ; and also nearer the bottom in any cold day , and then gets nearest the lee ...
... standing on the lee - shore : and you are to take notice , that the fish lies or swims nearer the bottom , and in deeper water , in winter than in summer ; and also nearer the bottom in any cold day , and then gets nearest the lee ...
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... stands usually NOTE continued . ] The black Hawthorn - fly must be very small ; And the sandy hog's hair is , sure , the best of all ( For the mallard - wing May - fly , and peacock's train , Will look like the flesh - fly ) to kill ...
... stands usually NOTE continued . ] The black Hawthorn - fly must be very small ; And the sandy hog's hair is , sure , the best of all ( For the mallard - wing May - fly , and peacock's train , Will look like the flesh - fly ) to kill ...
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... standing water , I must keep it moving with my hand , not just upon him , but sideways and sloping by him when a pretty good gale stirs the water it is best . If the fish will not rise at top , I will try a little lower . When the wind ...
... standing water , I must keep it moving with my hand , not just upon him , but sideways and sloping by him when a pretty good gale stirs the water it is best . If the fish will not rise at top , I will try a little lower . When the wind ...
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... stand if I possibly can with the sun in my face and the wind to my back . In still or slow water I'll cast my fly almost across and draw it towards me gently a little way . " The Temple . Sacred Poems , & c . p . 80 , Edit . 1633 ...
... stand if I possibly can with the sun in my face and the wind to my back . In still or slow water I'll cast my fly almost across and draw it towards me gently a little way . " The Temple . Sacred Poems , & c . p . 80 , Edit . 1633 ...
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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...