Complete AnglerH.M. Caldwell, 1899 - 354 sider |
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... better than others ; and that this is truth is demonstrated by the fruits of that pleasant labour which you enjoy , when you purpose to give rest to your mind , and divest yourself of your more serious business , and , which is often ...
... better than others ; and that this is truth is demonstrated by the fruits of that pleasant labour which you enjoy , when you purpose to give rest to your mind , and divest yourself of your more serious business , and , which is often ...
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... better treatise of this Art , a treatise that might have proved worthy his perusal , which , though some have undertaken , I could never yet see in English . But mine may be thought as weak , and as un- worthy of common view ; and I do ...
... better treatise of this Art , a treatise that might have proved worthy his perusal , which , though some have undertaken , I could never yet see in English . But mine may be thought as weak , and as un- worthy of common view ; and I do ...
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... begin or refuse , to play as freely as I myself have ? Nay , who knows but that it is a defect of my not understanding her language , for doubtless Cats talk and reason with one another , that we agree no better : 12 THE COMPLETE ANGLER.
... begin or refuse , to play as freely as I myself have ? Nay , who knows but that it is a defect of my not understanding her language , for doubtless Cats talk and reason with one another , that we agree no better : 12 THE COMPLETE ANGLER.
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... better : Simple and who knows but that she pities me for men being no wiser than to play with her , and laughs and censures my folly , for making sport for her , when we two play together ? ' Thus freely speaks Montaigne concerning Cats ...
... better : Simple and who knows but that she pities me for men being no wiser than to play with her , and laughs and censures my folly , for making sport for her , when we two play together ? ' Thus freely speaks Montaigne concerning Cats ...
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... better than he does , I shall give you in his own words , supposing it shall not have the less credit for being verse ; for he hath gathered this and other observations out of authors that have been great and industrious searchers into ...
... better than he does , I shall give you in his own words , supposing it shall not have the less credit for being verse ; for he hath gathered this and other observations out of authors that have been great and industrious searchers into ...
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Side 222 - 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. Blest silent groves, oh may ye be, For ever, mirth's best nursery 1
Side 188 - Peace, Chloris ! peace, or singing die, That together you and I For all we know Of what the blessed do above, Is, that they sing, and that they love. To heaven may go ; PISCATOR. Well remembered, brother Peter; these verses came seasonably, and we thank you heartily. Come, we will all join together, my host and
Side 162 - fish will stay, Begging themselves they may betray. When thou wilt swim in that live bath, Each fish, which every channel hath, Most amorously to thee will swim, Gladder to catch thee, than thou him. If thou, to be so seen, beest loath By sun or moon, thou dark'nest both
Side 224 - My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring: A pray'r-book, now, shall be my looking-glass, In which I will adore sweet virtue's face. Here dwell no hateful looks, no palace-cares, No broken vows dwell here, nor pale-fac'd fears ; Then here I '11 sit, and sigh my hot love's folly, And learn t* affect
Side 43 - And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war and wantonness. Let them that list, these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill ; So I the fields and meadows green may view,
Side 79 - inward love breeds outward talk, The hound some praise, and some the hawk, Some, better pleas'd with private sport, Use tennis, some a mistress court : But these delights I neither wish, Nor envy, while I freely fish. Who hunts, doth oft in danger ride ; Who hawks, lures oft both far and wide;
Side 106 - Here, give my weary spirits rest, And raise my low-pitch'd thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals love : Thus, free from law-suits, and the noise Of princes' courts, I would rejoice : Or, with my Bryan, and a book, Loiter long days near
Side 41 - passions, a procurer of contentedness ; and that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it.' Indeed, my friend, you will find Angling to be like the virtue of humility, which has a calmness of spirit, and a world of other blessings attending upon it.
Side 102 - 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. Sweet spring, full of
Side 139 - let the dish into which you let the Pike fall be rubbed with it : The using or not using of this garlick is left to your discretion. MB This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men ; and