The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and FishingT. Tegg & Son, 1835 - 328 páginas |
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... bait To make the preying trout our prey . And think ourselves , in such an hour , Happier than those , though not so high , Who , like leviathans , devour Of meaner men the smaller fry . This , my best friend , at my poor home , Shall ...
... bait To make the preying trout our prey . And think ourselves , in such an hour , Happier than those , though not so high , Who , like leviathans , devour Of meaner men the smaller fry . This , my best friend , at my poor home , Shall ...
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... baits , lines , and hooks . The world the river is ; both you and I , And all mankind , are either fish or fry . If we pretend to reason , first or last , His baits will tempt us , and his hooks hold fast . Pleasure or profit , either ...
... baits , lines , and hooks . The world the river is ; both you and I , And all mankind , are either fish or fry . If we pretend to reason , first or last , His baits will tempt us , and his hooks hold fast . Pleasure or profit , either ...
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... bait , All anxious thoughts and cares will straight Fly with such speed , they ' ll seem to be Possess'd with the hydrophobie : The water's calmness in your breast , And smoothness on your brow , shall rest . Away with sports of charge ...
... bait , All anxious thoughts and cares will straight Fly with such speed , they ' ll seem to be Possess'd with the hydrophobie : The water's calmness in your breast , And smoothness on your brow , shall rest . Away with sports of charge ...
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... bait , and fisherman beguile . Thus whilst some vex'd they from their lands are thrown , He joys to think the waters are his own ; And like the Dutch , he gladly can agree To live at peace now , and have fishing free . April 3 , 1650 ...
... bait , and fisherman beguile . Thus whilst some vex'd they from their lands are thrown , He joys to think the waters are his own ; And like the Dutch , he gladly can agree To live at peace now , and have fishing free . April 3 , 1650 ...
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... baits , good tackle in his pannier , and so much science in his head , our angler would stand a pretty good chance to catch fish ! but , alas ! those are little to the purpose , without the Christian virtues of faith , hope , and ...
... baits , good tackle in his pannier , and so much science in his head , our angler would stand a pretty good chance to catch fish ! but , alas ! those are little to the purpose , without the Christian virtues of faith , hope , and ...
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Página 110 - ... hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us. 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...
Página 86 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and be thy love.
Página 111 - 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 84 - Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it: it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow now at least fifty years ago. And the milk-maid's mother sung an answer to it which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger days. They were oldfashioned poetry, but choicely good; I think much better than the strong lines which are now in fashion in this critical age.
Página 54 - I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice: but he that hopes to be a good angler, must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a love and propensity to the art itself; but having once got and practised it, then doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.
Página 232 - Dear Solitude, the soul's best friend, That man acquainted with himself dost make, And all his Maker's wonders to intend. With thee I here converse at will, And would be -glad to do so still, For it is thou alone that keep'st the soul awake.
Página 85 - Slippers, lined choicely for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold. A belt of straw, and ivy buds, With coral clasps, and amber studs; And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me, and be my love.
Página 58 - Wherefore, most sacred Spirit, I here present For me and all my fellows praise to Thee : And just it is that I should pay the rent, Because the benefit accrues to me.
Página 83 - I sat down, when I was last this way a-fishing. And the birds in the adjoining grove seemed to have a friendly contention with an echo, whose dead voice seemed to live in a hollow tree, near to the brow of that primrose hill.
Página 85 - A gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull; Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold; A belt of straw and ivy-buds With coral clasps and amber studs — And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.