The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's RecreationWiley & Putnam, 1847 - 249 pages |
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Page xxiv
... observed , but could not use them for bait ; as , when caught in the hand , the flies lost their color and their wings ; for which cause they hated them ( the fishes glut- ting themselves upon the bait , which the angler knew not how to ...
... observed , but could not use them for bait ; as , when caught in the hand , the flies lost their color and their wings ; for which cause they hated them ( the fishes glut- ting themselves upon the bait , which the angler knew not how to ...
Page lii
... guileless scenes of earlier life , spent with innocent companions in delightful walks by pleasant rivers , in sweet pastures , and among odoriferous flowers ! ' The concluding observation of Venables applies to lii BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE .
... guileless scenes of earlier life , spent with innocent companions in delightful walks by pleasant rivers , in sweet pastures , and among odoriferous flowers ! ' The concluding observation of Venables applies to lii BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE .
Page lxii
... observed a method , which ( though the discourse be not long ) may be of some inconvenience to the Reader " in " his finding out of some particular things which are spoken of . " In this second edition there are twenty - one chapters ...
... observed a method , which ( though the discourse be not long ) may be of some inconvenience to the Reader " in " his finding out of some particular things which are spoken of . " In this second edition there are twenty - one chapters ...
Page lxv
... and others without curiosity have observed . And this slimy substance , adhering to her legs , & c . , and she mounting the air for another station , in probability mounts with her . When BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . lxv.
... and others without curiosity have observed . And this slimy substance , adhering to her legs , & c . , and she mounting the air for another station , in probability mounts with her . When BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . lxv.
Page lxxii
... observed that the oldest anglers have been remarkable for their temperance , and for the quiet , even tenor of their lives . " An observation of anglers in this country confirms these views . The life of Walton ( who was ready at eighty ...
... observed that the oldest anglers have been remarkable for their temperance , and for the quiet , even tenor of their lives . " An observation of anglers in this country confirms these views . The life of Walton ( who was ready at eighty ...
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Page 73 - 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.
Page 75 - A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. 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.
Page 72 - And we will sit upon the rocks, 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...
Page 69 - As I left this place, and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me' 'twas a handsome milkmaid that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be, as too many men too often do; but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale.
Page vii - Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants? Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? Or his head with fish spears?
Page 73 - The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
Page 246 - I'll be rather. Would the World now adopt me for her heir ; Would beauty's Queen entitle me the fair ; Fame speak me fortune's minion ; could I
Page 67 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing. insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art.
Page 106 - 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.