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William Senior. To MY WELL - REMEMBERED FRIENDS OF THE WHITEFRIARS CLUB , IN MEMORY OF MANY HAPPY HOURS . CHAPTER CONTENTS . PART I. PAGE I. A HERTFORDSHIRE VALLEY.
William Senior. To MY WELL - REMEMBERED FRIENDS OF THE WHITEFRIARS CLUB , IN MEMORY OF MANY HAPPY HOURS . CHAPTER CONTENTS . PART I. PAGE I. A HERTFORDSHIRE VALLEY.
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... hours - very humdrum is Rickmansworth . Of course , like other old- fashioned places with a history , it has had its excitements . Take , as a specimen , the matter set forth on a timeworn black - letter document in the British Museum ...
... hours - very humdrum is Rickmansworth . Of course , like other old- fashioned places with a history , it has had its excitements . Take , as a specimen , the matter set forth on a timeworn black - letter document in the British Museum ...
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... wholly incapable of attending to more useful studies , or of following more serious pursuits , " gave us his charming little work as the amusement of his leisure hours . It was upon the Colne at Denham , to By Stream and Sea .
... wholly incapable of attending to more useful studies , or of following more serious pursuits , " gave us his charming little work as the amusement of his leisure hours . It was upon the Colne at Denham , to By Stream and Sea .
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William Senior. hours . It was upon the Colne at Denham , midway between Rickmansworth and Uxbridge , that his four dramatis per- sona gave up twenty - four hours to the delight of an angler's May - day . In its essential points the ...
William Senior. hours . It was upon the Colne at Denham , midway between Rickmansworth and Uxbridge , that his four dramatis per- sona gave up twenty - four hours to the delight of an angler's May - day . In its essential points the ...
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... hour quietness again reigned supreme , and a second trout was deluded into the fancy that my hare's ear was a dainty morsel accidentally falling in his way . a modest bit of sport , but it fitted well into a long day which had included ...
... hour quietness again reigned supreme , and a second trout was deluded into the fancy that my hare's ear was a dainty morsel accidentally falling in his way . a modest bit of sport , but it fitted well into a long day which had included ...
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Página 22 - 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 319 - FAED, GOODALL, HEMSLEY, HORSLEY, MARKS, NICHOLLS, Sir NOEL PATON, PICKERSGILL, G. SMITH, MARCUS STONE, SOLOMON, STRAIGHT, EM WARD, and WARREN. All engraved on Steel in the highest style of Art. Edited, with Notices of the Artists, by SYDNEY ARMYTAGE, MA " This book is well got up, and good engravings by Jeens, L-umb Stocks, and others, bring back to us Royal Academy Exhibitions of past years.
Página 2 - German Popular Stories. Collected by the Brothers GRIMM, and Translated by EDGAR TAYLOR. Edited with an Introduction by JOHN RUSKIN. With 22 Illustrations after the inimitable designs of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Both Series Complete.
Página 272 - Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants.
Página 16 - Roll of Battle Abbey ; or, A List of the Principal Warriors who came over from Normandy with William the Conqueror, and Settled in this Country, AD 1066-7.
Página 319 - Brand's Observations on Popular Antiquities, chiefly Illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. With the Additions of Sir HENRY ELLIS.
Página 6 - MORNING POST. . A NEW EDITION, Revised and partly Re-written, with several New Chapters and Illustrations, crown 8vo, cloth extra, js. 6d. Jennings' The Rosicrucians : Their Rites and Mysteries. With Chapters on the Ancient Fire and Serpent Worshippers. By HARGRAVE JENNINGS. With Five fullpage Plates and upwards of 300 Illustrations.
Página 17 - Signboards : Their History. With Anecdotes of Famous Taverns and Remarkable Characters. By JACOB LARWOOD and JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. With nearly 100 Illustrations.