 | John Jackson Manley - 1877 - 432 páginas
...choose ; The worm that draws a long, immod'rate size The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies ; And if too small, the naked fraud's in sight, And...from filth, to give a tempting gloss, Cherish the sullied reptile race with moss ; Amid the verdant bed they twine, they toil, And from their bodies... | |
 | John Jackson Manley - 1877 - 428 páginas
...to choose; The worm that draws a long, immod'rate size The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies ; And if too small, the naked fraud's in sight, And...Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains Whose polish 'd tails a shining yellow stains ; Cleanse them from filth, to give a tempting gloss, Cherish... | |
 | John Jackson Manley - 1877 - 436 páginas
...tails a shining yellow stains ; Cleanse them from filth, to give a tempting gloss, Cherish the sullied reptile race with moss ; Amid the verdant bed they...they toil, And from their bodies wipe their native soil." I think Gay must mean the " brandling " by " the rank morsel." The best worm for a trout is... | |
 | John Gay - 1879 - 606 páginas
...mail distains. The worm that draws a long immoderate size The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies; And if too small, the naked fraud's in sight, And...from filth, to give a tempting gloss, Cherish the sullied reptile race with moss ; Amid the verdant bed they twine, they toil, And from their bodies... | |
 | 1883 - 718 páginas
...to choose ; The worm that draws a long immod'rate size The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flics ; And if too small, the naked fraud's in sight, And...hunger does invite. Those baits will best reward the fi she r's pains Whose polish'd tails a shining yellow stains : Cleanse them from filth, to give a... | |
 | John Jackson Manley - 1883 - 176 páginas
...to choose ; The worm that draws a long immod'rate size The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies ; And if too small, the naked fraud's in sight, And...hunger does invite. Those baits will best reward the fishe r's pains Whose polish'd tails a shining yellow stains : Cleanse them from filth, to give a tempting... | |
 | 1884 - 732 páginas
...to choose ; The worm that draws a long immod'rate size The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies ; And if too small, the naked fraud's in sight, And...from filth, to give a tempting gloss, Cherish the sullied reptile race with moss ; Amid the verdant bed they twine, they toil, And from their bodies... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 384 páginas
...immod'rate size The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies j And if too small, the naked fraud "s in sight, And fear forbids, while hunger does invite. Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains, 165 Whose polish'd tails a shining yellow stains : Cleanse them from filth, to give a tempting gloss,... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 402 páginas
...immod'rate size The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies ; And if too small, the naked fraud 's in sight, And fear forbids, while hunger does invite. Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains, 165 Whose polish'd tails a shining yellow stains : Cleanse them from filth, to give a tempting gloss,... | |
 | 1895 - 928 páginas
...mock-heroic which human nature is capable of: Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains Whose polished tails a shining yellow stains ; Cleanse them from filth, to give a tempting gloss Cherish the sullied reptile rate with moss ; Amid the verdant bed they twine, they toil, And from their bodies... | |
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The worm that draws a long immoderate size, The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies ; And, if too small, the naked fraud's in sight, And fear forbids, while hunger does invite. Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains, Whose... 
