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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Página 133
... tell you , that what worms soever you fish with , are the better for being well scoured , that is , long kept before they be used : and in case you have not been so provident , then the way to cleanse and scour them quickly , is , to ...
... tell you , that what worms soever you fish with , are the better for being well scoured , that is , long kept before they be used : and in case you have not been so provident , then the way to cleanse and scour them quickly , is , to ...
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... tell you that that which is likest a buck's - horn is the best , except it be soft white moss , which grows on some heaths , and is hard to be found . And note , that in a very dry time , when you are put to an extremity for worms ...
... tell you that that which is likest a buck's - horn is the best , except it be soft white moss , which grows on some heaths , and is hard to be found . And note , that in a very dry time , when you are put to an extremity for worms ...
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... tell you , what many old anglers know right well , that at some times , and in some waters , a minnow is not to be got ; and therefore , let me tell you , I have , which I will shew to you , an artificial minnow , that will catch a ...
... tell you , what many old anglers know right well , that at some times , and in some waters , a minnow is not to be got ; and therefore , let me tell you , I have , which I will shew to you , an artificial minnow , that will catch a ...
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... tell you what the curious searchers into nature's productions have observed of these worms and flies but yet I shall tell you what Aldrovandus , ' our Topsel , and others , say of the Palmer - worm , or Cater- pillar : that whereas ...
... tell you what the curious searchers into nature's productions have observed of these worms and flies but yet I shall tell you what Aldrovandus , ' our Topsel , and others , say of the Palmer - worm , or Cater- pillar : that whereas ...
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... tell you freely , I find Mr. Thomas Barker , a gentleman that has spent much time and money in Angling , deal so judiciously and freely in a little book of his of Angling with a fly for a Trout , that I will give you his very direc ...
... tell you freely , I find Mr. Thomas Barker , a gentleman that has spent much time and money in Angling , deal so judiciously and freely in a little book of his of Angling with a fly for a Trout , that I will give you his very direc ...
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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...