The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and ShootingA. and C. Black, 1840 - 439 sider |
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... night . Neatly done , youngster . Now he goes onwards right or left , perhaps comes pretty quickly towards you , as if to enquire by whom has been disturbed his solitary reign ( reel up , and keep no slack upon your line ) -give way ...
... night . Neatly done , youngster . Now he goes onwards right or left , perhaps comes pretty quickly towards you , as if to enquire by whom has been disturbed his solitary reign ( reel up , and keep no slack upon your line ) -give way ...
Side 38
... now seek to sooth the seasons by more endearing terms ) , daylight does not last for ever , and so the angler cannot always ply his trade . Of night fish- ing we seldom think , -except in murmuring dreams of 38 ANGLING .
... now seek to sooth the seasons by more endearing terms ) , daylight does not last for ever , and so the angler cannot always ply his trade . Of night fish- ing we seldom think , -except in murmuring dreams of 38 ANGLING .
Side 39
... night . No man , who " long in populous city pent , " wanders for a time in lone- some gladness by the side of glittering waters , can wait with patience for a summer night , however beautiful may be the countless stars- " That sparkle ...
... night . No man , who " long in populous city pent , " wanders for a time in lone- some gladness by the side of glittering waters , can wait with patience for a summer night , however beautiful may be the countless stars- " That sparkle ...
Side 47
... night , that he has had a most toilsome but very glorious day , and has killed five dozen and four of the finest trouts the human eye ever gazed upon . “ All men are liars " and several anglers - is a proposition the exact import of ...
... night , that he has had a most toilsome but very glorious day , and has killed five dozen and four of the finest trouts the human eye ever gazed upon . “ All men are liars " and several anglers - is a proposition the exact import of ...
Side 92
... night of dark December dost thou revisit thus my soul's recesses ? Why in the chambers of mine imagery art thou with all thy pomp of summer glory brought up uncalled before me ? The lustre now grows dim , and fades away , but not on ...
... night of dark December dost thou revisit thus my soul's recesses ? Why in the chambers of mine imagery art thou with all thy pomp of summer glory brought up uncalled before me ? The lustre now grows dim , and fades away , but not on ...
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Side 258 - 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 : Fair these broad meads, &c.
Side 154 - 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 5 - 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.
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 299 - 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 279 - To disappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits; whatever greens the Spring, When heaven descends in showers; or bends the bough, When Summer reddens, and when Autumn beams; Or in the wintry glebe whatever lies Conceal'd, and fattens with the richest sap...
Side 296 - 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 316 - With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Side 290 - 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 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.