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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... tails , a worm that has a red head , a streak down the back , and a broad tail , which are noted to be the best , because they are the toughest and most lively , and live longest in the water ; for you are to know that a dead worm is ...
... tails , a worm that has a red head , a streak down the back , and a broad tail , which are noted to be the best , because they are the toughest and most lively , and live longest in the water ; for you are to know that a dead worm is ...
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... tail end of him , that the point of your hook may come out toward the head - end ; and , having drawn him above the arming of your hook , then put the point of your hook again into the very head of the worm , till it come near to the ...
... tail end of him , that the point of your hook may come out toward the head - end ; and , having drawn him above the arming of your hook , then put the point of your hook again into the very head of the worm , till it come near to the ...
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... tail ; and then tie the hook and his tail about , very neatly , with a white thread , which will make it the apter to turn quick in the water ; that done , pull back that part of your line which was slack when you did put your hook into ...
... tail ; and then tie the hook and his tail about , very neatly , with a white thread , which will make it the apter to turn quick in the water ; that done , pull back that part of your line which was slack when you did put your hook into ...
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... tail and fins were of a quill , which was shaven thin the eyes were of two little black beads : and the head was so shadowed , and all of it so curiously wrought , and so exactly dissembled , that it would beguile any sharp - sighted ...
... tail and fins were of a quill , which was shaven thin the eyes were of two little black beads : and the head was so shadowed , and all of it so curiously wrought , and so exactly dissembled , that it would beguile any sharp - sighted ...
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... tail , some have none ; some have hair , some none : some have sixteen feet , some less , and some have none : but , as our Topsel hath with great diligence observed , ' those which have none , move upon the earth , or upon broad leaves ...
... tail , some have none ; some have hair , some none : some have sixteen feet , some less , and some have none : but , as our Topsel hath with great diligence observed , ' those which have none , move upon the earth , or upon broad leaves ...
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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...