The Compleat Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most AnglersJ.M. Dent, at Aldine House, 1896 - 319 sider |
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... element . The inquiring rustic who shambles up erect when we are lying low among the reeds , even he disposes of our fortunes , with whom , as with all men , we must be patient , dwelling ever— ' With close - lipped Patience for our ...
... element . The inquiring rustic who shambles up erect when we are lying low among the reeds , even he disposes of our fortunes , with whom , as with all men , we must be patient , dwelling ever— ' With close - lipped Patience for our ...
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... element of more worth than weight , an element that doubtless exceeds both the Earth and Water ; for though I sometimes deal in both , yet the air is most properly mine , I and my Hawks use that most , and it yields us most recreation ...
... element of more worth than weight , an element that doubtless exceeds both the Earth and Water ; for though I sometimes deal in both , yet the air is most properly mine , I and my Hawks use that most , and it yields us most recreation ...
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... element of air which I profess to trade in , the worth of it is such , and it is of such necessity , that no creature whatsoever - not only those numerous crea- tures that feed on the face of the earth , but those various creatures that ...
... element of air which I profess to trade in , the worth of it is such , and it is of such necessity , that no creature whatsoever - not only those numerous crea- tures that feed on the face of the earth , but those various creatures that ...
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... element in which they , and I , take so much pleasure . There is also a little contemptible winged creature , an inhabitant of my aerial element , namely the laborious Bee , of whose prudence , policy , and regular government of their ...
... element in which they , and I , take so much pleasure . There is also a little contemptible winged creature , an inhabitant of my aerial element , namely the laborious Bee , of whose prudence , policy , and regular government of their ...
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... element ; an element most universally beneficial both to man and beast ; to men who have their several recreations upon it , as horse - races , hunting , sweet smells , pleasant walks : the earth feeds man , and all those several beasts ...
... element ; an element most universally beneficial both to man and beast ; to men who have their several recreations upon it , as horse - races , hunting , sweet smells , pleasant walks : the earth feeds man , and all those several beasts ...
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Side 152 - 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 153 - 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.
Side 152 - 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...
Side 149 - ... rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie ; My music shews you have your closes, And all must die.
Side 54 - Let me live harmlessly, and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place; Where I may see my quill, or cork, down sink, With eager bite of pike, or bleak, or dace; And on the world and my creator think: Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t' embrace; And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war or wantonness.
Side 105 - Slippers, lined choicely 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.
Side 101 - ... which broke their waves, and turned them into foam : and sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs, some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams. As I thus sat...
Side 106 - The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall.
Side 75 - I'll be as certain to make him a good dish of meat as I was to catch him : I 'll now lead you to an honest ale-house, where we shall find a cleanly room, lavender in the windows, and twenty ballads stuck about the wall.
Side li - I'll tell you, scholar, when I sat last on this primrose bank, and looked down these meadows, I thought of them as Charles the Emperor did of the city of Florence : " that they were too pleasant to be looked on, but only on holidays.