The Rail and the Rod; Or, Tourist Angler's Guide to Waters and Quarters Around London ...H. Cox, 1867 |
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... tree , in the branches of which a platform has been erected , to which access is obtained by a set of steps , capable of accommodating sixty to seventy persons with ease and comfort . LEA BRIDGE . Distance from London , 53 Miles . FARES ...
... tree , in the branches of which a platform has been erected , to which access is obtained by a set of steps , capable of accommodating sixty to seventy persons with ease and comfort . LEA BRIDGE . Distance from London , 53 Miles . FARES ...
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... Tree Swim is famous for heavy roach , occasionally of 13lb . in weight . After this , a long stretch of gudgeon scour succeeds . It may be known by the boys ' bathing place , from which it extends for about 75yds . either way . Clark's ...
... Tree Swim is famous for heavy roach , occasionally of 13lb . in weight . After this , a long stretch of gudgeon scour succeeds . It may be known by the boys ' bathing place , from which it extends for about 75yds . either way . Clark's ...
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... tree on our side , and on the opposite , near the Whirl , the water is some 10ft . in depth , and is occupied by shoals of perch to be taken with minnow and worm . Just below - still under the opposite bank - is a fine barbel swim ...
... tree on our side , and on the opposite , near the Whirl , the water is some 10ft . in depth , and is occupied by shoals of perch to be taken with minnow and worm . Just below - still under the opposite bank - is a fine barbel swim ...
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... tree . Past this are deep bends succeeding one another , all more or less attractive , and these end in one very deep place termed Brocksopp's Hole , known by two landmarks close together . Again , shallows past the third tree , and ...
... tree . Past this are deep bends succeeding one another , all more or less attractive , and these end in one very deep place termed Brocksopp's Hole , known by two landmarks close together . Again , shallows past the third tree , and ...
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... trees . Right away after this is splendid water for all sorts of fish . Passing the stile at the foot of the hill ... tree are good . Tutin's Hole is about 35yds . below the Bush , and is very deep , boasting barbel , carp , chub , & c ...
... trees . Right away after this is splendid water for all sorts of fish . Passing the stile at the foot of the hill ... tree are good . Tutin's Hole is about 35yds . below the Bush , and is very deep , boasting barbel , carp , chub , & c ...
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Page 4 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea -shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 10 - He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean.
Page 7 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Page 34 - ... freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward, in proportion as they please. No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which...
Page 51 - Stand, never overlooked, our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties...
Page 61 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Page 24 - Ah ! that such beauty, varying in the light Of living nature, cannot be portrayed By words, nor by the pencil's silent skill; But is the property of him alone Who hath beheld it, noted it with care, And in his mind recorded it with love...
Page 61 - O glide, fair stream! for ever so, Thy quiet soul on all bestowing, Till all our minds for ever flow As thy deep waters now are flowing.
Page 34 - ... -should be easy; in the nature of things it cannot be: there must always be some degree of care and anxiety. The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him; and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can...
Page 34 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him; and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own: whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome: and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...