The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and ShootingA. and C. Black, 1840 - 439 sider |
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... insects shine - thy hovering pursuivants : But if thy bounty fail , the forest pants , And hart , and hind , and hunter with his spear , Languish and droop together . WORDSWORTH . ANGLING . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE ...
... insects shine - thy hovering pursuivants : But if thy bounty fail , the forest pants , And hart , and hind , and hunter with his spear , Languish and droop together . WORDSWORTH . ANGLING . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE ...
Side 7
... dual or specific form of insect life . There is , in truth , little or no connection between the art of angling and the science of entomology ; and there- fore the success of the angler , in by far PRACTICE BETTER THAN PRECEPT . 7.
... dual or specific form of insect life . There is , in truth , little or no connection between the art of angling and the science of entomology ; and there- fore the success of the angler , in by far PRACTICE BETTER THAN PRECEPT . 7.
Side 8
... insect . This statement is no doubt greatly at variance with the expressed principles of all who have deemed fishing worthy of considera- tion , from the days of Isaiah and Theocritus , to those of Carrol and Bainbridge . But we are not ...
... insect . This statement is no doubt greatly at variance with the expressed principles of all who have deemed fishing worthy of considera- tion , from the days of Isaiah and Theocritus , to those of Carrol and Bainbridge . But we are not ...
Side 9
... insect do the large flies , at which sea - trout rise so readily , re- semble ? These , as well as gilse and salmon , fre- quently take the lure far within the bounds of the salt - water mark ; and yet naturalists know that no such ...
... insect do the large flies , at which sea - trout rise so readily , re- semble ? These , as well as gilse and salmon , fre- quently take the lure far within the bounds of the salt - water mark ; and yet naturalists know that no such ...
Side 10
... insect inhabits the sea . What species are imitated by the palmer , or by three fourths of the dressed flies in common use ? An artificial fly can , at the best , be considered only as the repre- sentative of a natural one which has ...
... insect inhabits the sea . What species are imitated by the palmer , or by three fourths of the dressed flies in common use ? An artificial fly can , at the best , be considered only as the repre- sentative of a natural one which has ...
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Side 153 - A TROUBLE, not of clouds, or weeping rain, Nor of the setting sun's pathetic light Engendered, hangs o'er Eildon's triple height : Spirits of Power, assembled there, complain For kindred Power departing from their sight ; While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, Saddens his voice again, and yet again.
Side 276 - TC The British Angler's Manual; or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. With some Account of the Principal Rivers, Lakes and Trout Streams in the United Kingdom, with Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Trolling and Angling at the Bottom, and more Particularly for the Trout.
Side 296 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Side 313 - With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Side 293 - In a legal sense, a forest is a certain territory of woody grounds and fruitful pastures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, and warren, to rest and abide there in the safe protection of the king, for his delight and pleasure...
Side 278 - Oh, knew he but his happiness, of men The happiest he ! who far from public rage, Deep in the vale, with a choice few retired, Drinks the pure pleasures of the rural life.
Side 287 - Hawks use that most, and it yields us most recreation ; it stops not the high soaring of my noble generous Falcon ; in it she ascends to such an height, as the dull eyes of beasts and fish are not able to reach to...
Side 257 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us and the waste of seas, Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides.
Side 276 - Northern Memoirs, calculated for the Meridian of Scotland. Wherein most or all of the cities, citadels, sea-ports, castles, forts, fortresses, rivers, and rivulets, are compendiously described.
Side 4 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.