Angling IdyllsChapman & Hall, 1876 - 204 sider |
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Side 17
... feet , we stride heed- lessly through the soaked grass and strike the river at a favourite spot . And while we rig up our tackle— leisurely , for it is yet full early to begin ― let us discourse some little of the fish we are to catch ...
... feet , we stride heed- lessly through the soaked grass and strike the river at a favourite spot . And while we rig up our tackle— leisurely , for it is yet full early to begin ― let us discourse some little of the fish we are to catch ...
Side 19
... feet deep . It holds many an ancient roach of portentous size , whose size protects it from the jack which also inhabit it . In fresh , clear water like this , the roach are shy- biting creatures , and it needs considerable skill to ...
... feet deep . It holds many an ancient roach of portentous size , whose size protects it from the jack which also inhabit it . In fresh , clear water like this , the roach are shy- biting creatures , and it needs considerable skill to ...
Side 21
... feet deep , and at the bottom long masses of weed are swaying over smooth , yellow gravel . Peering downward , at first we see nothing but the dark - green weeds ; but as our eyes become accustomed to the deeper shade we see , a foot ...
... feet deep , and at the bottom long masses of weed are swaying over smooth , yellow gravel . Peering downward , at first we see nothing but the dark - green weeds ; but as our eyes become accustomed to the deeper shade we see , a foot ...
Side 31
... feet of fine gut , the last few links of gut so fine that it is no thicker than horsehair . The hook is of extremely fine and beautiful steel , and sharper than any needle . Were the water a little darker we should use the Stewart ...
... feet of fine gut , the last few links of gut so fine that it is no thicker than horsehair . The hook is of extremely fine and beautiful steel , and sharper than any needle . Were the water a little darker we should use the Stewart ...
Side 37
... feet the burn flings itself over the rock in a splendid cascade , and plunges with a sullen roar into the boiling caldron beneath . From thence it slips . away between two huge fern - crowned boulders , to be again hurled over a smaller ...
... feet the burn flings itself over the rock in a splendid cascade , and plunges with a sullen roar into the boiling caldron beneath . From thence it slips . away between two huge fern - crowned boulders , to be again hurled over a smaller ...
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Side 166 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Side 85 - In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.
Side 164 - How beautiful is the rain ! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain ! How it clatters along the roofs, Like the tramp of hoofs ! How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the overflowing spout ! Across the window-pane It pours and pours ; And swift and wide, With a muddy tide, Like a river down the gutter roars The rain, the welcome rain...
Side 42 - Then think I of deep shadows on the grass, Of meadows where in sun the cattle graze, Where, as the breezes pass, The gleaming rushes lean a thousand ways, Of leaves that slumber in a cloudy mass, Or whiten in the wind, of waters blue That from the distance sparkle through Some woodland gap, and of a sky above, Where one white cloud like a stray lamb doth move.
Side 53 - I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice : but he that hopes to be a good angler, must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a love and propensity to the art itself; but having once got and practised it, then doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.
Side 59 - BY night we linger'd on the lawn, For underfoot the herb was dry; And genial warmth; and o'er the sky The silvery haze of summer drawn; And calm that let the tapers burn Unwavering: not a cricket...
Side 165 - The sick man from his chamber looks At the twisted brooks ; He can feel the cool Breath of each little pool ; His fevered brain Grows calm again, And he breathes a blessing on the rain.
Side 165 - In the country, on every side, Where far and wide, Like a leopard's tawny and spotted hide, Stretches the plain...
Side 54 - Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, " 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.
Side 140 - I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD.' I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.