The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Mans Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and FishingL.A. Lewis, 1839 - 396 oldal |
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. oldal
... hair , With hook hid in an insect , are Engines of sport would fit the wish O ' th ' epicure , and fill his dish . In this clear stream let fall a grub , And straight take up a Dace or Chub . I ' th ' mud , your worm provokes a snig ...
... hair , With hook hid in an insect , are Engines of sport would fit the wish O ' th ' epicure , and fill his dish . In this clear stream let fall a grub , And straight take up a Dace or Chub . I ' th ' mud , your worm provokes a snig ...
lxii. oldal
... hair , And except for two things , as bare as my nail , — A tuft of a mane , and a sprig of a tail . Now , such as the beast was , e'en such was the rider , With a head like a nutmeg , and legs like a spider , A voice like a cricket , a ...
... hair , And except for two things , as bare as my nail , — A tuft of a mane , and a sprig of a tail . Now , such as the beast was , e'en such was the rider , With a head like a nutmeg , and legs like a spider , A voice like a cricket , a ...
93. oldal
... hair , some none ; some have sixteen feet , some less , and some have none : but , as our Topsel hath with great diligence observed , those which In his History of Serpents . have none move upon the earth , or upon broad leaves , their ...
... hair , some none ; some have sixteen feet , some less , and some have none : but , as our Topsel hath with great diligence observed , those which In his History of Serpents . have none move upon the earth , or upon broad leaves , their ...
102. oldal
... hairs at the most , though you may fish a little stronger above , in the upper part of your line : but if you can attain to angle with one hair , you shall have more rises and catch more fish . Now you must be sure not to cum- ber ...
... hairs at the most , though you may fish a little stronger above , in the upper part of your line : but if you can attain to angle with one hair , you shall have more rises and catch more fish . Now you must be sure not to cum- ber ...
104. oldal
... hair , or the hair of a brown or sad- coloured heifer , hackles of a cock or a capon , several coloured silk and crewel to make the body of the fly , the feathers of a drake's head , black or brown sheep's wool , or hog's wool or hair ...
... hair , or the hair of a brown or sad- coloured heifer , hackles of a cock or a capon , several coloured silk and crewel to make the body of the fly , the feathers of a drake's head , black or brown sheep's wool , or hog's wool or hair ...
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75. oldal - Thy silver dishes for thy meat As precious as the gods do eat, Shall on an ivory table be Prepared each day for thee and me. 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.
10. oldal - Lord, what music hast thou provided for the saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth...
74. oldal - 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...
112. oldal - Courts, I would rejoice ; Or, with my Bryan and a book, Loiter long days near Shawford brook ; 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.
108. oldal - For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, — And thou must die.
111. oldal - And raise my low-pitch'd thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals love : Thus, free from lawsuits and the noise Of princes' Courts, I would rejoice ; Or, with my Bryan and a book, Loiter long days near Shawford brook...
246. oldal - Go ! let the diving negro seek For gems hid in some forlorn creek ; We all pearls scorn, Save what the dewy morn Congeals upon each little spire of grass, Which careless shepherds beat down as they pass ; And gold ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow Ceres bears.
xxxi. oldal - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill...
76. oldal - ... 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.
255. oldal - FAREWELL, thou busy world ! and may We never meet again : Here I can eat, and sleep, and pray, And do more good in one short day, Than he, who his whole age out-wears Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears.