The Complete Angler: Or, The Contemplative Man's RecreationD. Bogue, ... H. Wix, 1844 - 418 páginas |
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... Landing the Trout 8. The Scholar's Recital 9. The Angler's Song 10. The Farewell at Tottenham Cross 11. Landing the Grayling 12. The Lesson • page 1 56 78 103 185 214 255 310 • 332 PART I. ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD . Executed by JOHN JACKSON.
... Landing the Trout 8. The Scholar's Recital 9. The Angler's Song 10. The Farewell at Tottenham Cross 11. Landing the Grayling 12. The Lesson • page 1 56 78 103 185 214 255 310 • 332 PART I. ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD . Executed by JOHN JACKSON.
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... page . : } 265 58. The Spittle Hill - the party descending on horse- back 59. Hanson Toot and the Wheel - barrow Bridge . 275 286 60. The Fishing - house • 292 61. Back view of the Fishing - house - a spot which CoT- TON used to call ...
... page . : } 265 58. The Spittle Hill - the party descending on horse- back 59. Hanson Toot and the Wheel - barrow Bridge . 275 286 60. The Fishing - house • 292 61. Back view of the Fishing - house - a spot which CoT- TON used to call ...
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... page viii . ante . The whole were drawn on the blocks for the Engravers by J. W. ARCHER . 70. The Pearch , from a painting of a remarkably fine specimen of this fish , by F. R. LEE , Esq . , R.A. , in the possession of W. J. BRODERIP ...
... page viii . ante . The whole were drawn on the blocks for the Engravers by J. W. ARCHER . 70. The Pearch , from a painting of a remarkably fine specimen of this fish , by F. R. LEE , Esq . , R.A. , in the possession of W. J. BRODERIP ...
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... page of the first edition of his portion of the work , and has been continued in all those since published . This part of our history will be fully illustrated by the following short epistles which passed on the occa- sion ; and the ...
... page of the first edition of his portion of the work , and has been continued in all those since published . This part of our history will be fully illustrated by the following short epistles which passed on the occa- sion ; and the ...
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... pages of honest Izaak Walton . I recollect studying his ' Complete Angler , ' several years since , in company with a knot of friends in America , and moreover that we were all completely bitten with the angling mania . It was early in ...
... pages of honest Izaak Walton . I recollect studying his ' Complete Angler , ' several years since , in company with a knot of friends in America , and moreover that we were all completely bitten with the angling mania . It was early in ...
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The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation Izaak Walton,Charles Cotton Visualização integral - 1847 |
The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation Izaak Walton,Charles Cotton Visualização integral - 1847 |
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Página 78 - Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle...
Página lviii - And I wish the reader also to take notice, that in writing of it I have made myself a recreation of a recreation ; and that it might prove so to him, and not read dull and tediously, I have in several places mixed, not any 'scurrility, but some innocent, harmless mirth, of which, if thou be a severe, sour-complexioned man, then I here disallow thee to be a competent judge ; for divines say, there are offencei given, and offences not given but taken.
Página 120 - Courts, I would rejoice ; Or, with my Bryan and a book, Loiter long days near Shawford brook ; There sit by him, and eat my meat ; There see the sun both rise and set ; There bid good morning to next day ; There meditate my time away ; And angle on, and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave.
Página 115 - 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 44 - Let me live harmlessly, and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place, Where I may see my quill, or cork, down sink. With eager bite of pike, or bleak, or dace ; And on the world and my Creator think : Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t' embrace ; And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war, or wantonness.
Página 81 - The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall.
Página 216 - Calls my fleeting soul away : Oh ! suppress that magic sound, Which destroys without a wound. Peace, Chloris ! peace, or singing die, That together you and I To heaven may go ; For all we know Of what the blessed do above, Is, that they sing, and that they love.
Página 262 - I would beget content, and increase confidence in the power, and wisdom, and providence of Almighty God, I will walk the meadows, by some gliding stream, and there contemplate the lilies that take no care, and those very many other various little living creatures that are not only created, but fed, man knows not how, by the goodness of the God of Nature, and therefore trust in Him.
Página 118 - 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 213 - His bed, more safe than soft, yields quiet sleeps, While by his side his faithful spouse hath place ; His little son into his bosom creeps, The lively picture of his father's face...