Ancient Angling AuthorsGurney and Jackson, 1910 - 239 pages |
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Page viii
... following extracts from William Diaper's translation ( 1722 ) of part of this book show that the eel basket , the taper rod , the line , etc. , were known in the time of the author , and also that the pursuit of the art then afforded ...
... following extracts from William Diaper's translation ( 1722 ) of part of this book show that the eel basket , the taper rod , the line , etc. , were known in the time of the author , and also that the pursuit of the art then afforded ...
Page 11
... following extracts , partly perhaps from sentiment , and partly for convenience , I have adopted the popular supposition . In the first few extracts I have followed the orthography of Mr Denison's manuscript in order that the reader may ...
... following extracts , partly perhaps from sentiment , and partly for convenience , I have adopted the popular supposition . In the first few extracts I have followed the orthography of Mr Denison's manuscript in order that the reader may ...
Page 45
... following from Mr Watkin's valuable article on John Dennys in the Dictionary ... extracts , selected chiefly on account of their practical bearing . I am ... after the death of the Author , who intended to haue done it in his life , but ...
... following from Mr Watkin's valuable article on John Dennys in the Dictionary ... extracts , selected chiefly on account of their practical bearing . I am ... after the death of the Author , who intended to haue done it in his life , but ...
Page 63
... following extracts from the Pleasures of Princes comprise almost all the angling information which is not taken either from Dennys , Mascall , or the Book of St Albans : — THE ANGLE ROD OF MANY PIECES . There be other Anglers , and many ...
... following extracts from the Pleasures of Princes comprise almost all the angling information which is not taken either from Dennys , Mascall , or the Book of St Albans : — THE ANGLE ROD OF MANY PIECES . There be other Anglers , and many ...
Page 115
... following extracts are from the chapter " Of the Artificial Flie " : - But here I must premise , that it is much better to learn how to make a flie by sight than by any Paper- direction can possibly be expressed , in regards the Terms ...
... following extracts are from the chapter " Of the Artificial Flie " : - But here I must premise , that it is much better to learn how to make a flie by sight than by any Paper- direction can possibly be expressed , in regards the Terms ...
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Page 236 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 182 - 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 181 - Now expectation cheers his eager thought, His bosom glows with treasures yet uncaught ; Before his eyes a banquet seems to stand, Where every guest applauds his skilful hand.
Page 92 - If I had known it but twenty years ago I would have gained a hundred pounds, only with that bait. I am bound in duty to divulge it to your honour, and not to carry it to my grave with me. I do desire that men of quality should have it that delight in that pleasure. The greedy angler will murmur at me : but for -that I care not.
Page 157 - Whitney ( John). The genteel recreation : or, the pleasure of angling. A poem. With a dialogue between Piscator and Corydon. By John Whitney, a lover of the angle.
Page 182 - Mark well the various seasons of the year, How the succeeding insect race appear ; In this revolving moon one colour reigns, Which in the next the fickle trout disdains. Oft...
Page 188 - The Compleat Fisherman, being a Large and Particular Account of all the Several Ways of Fishing now Practised in Europe, with Abundance of Curious Secrets and Niceties in the Art of Fishing as well...
Page xii - ... pleasant shade by the sweet silver streams; he hath good air, and sweet smells of fine fresh meadow flowers, he hears the melodious harmony of birds, he sees the swans, herons, ducks...
Page 181 - When floating clouds their spongy fleeces drain, Troubling the streams with swift-descending rain, And waters, tumbling down the mountain's side, Bear the loose soil into the swelling tide...
Page 12 - I have compylyd it in a greter uolume, of dyuerse bokys concernynge to gentyll and noble men, to the entent that the forsayd ydle persones whyche sholde haue but lytyll mesure in the sayd...