The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and ShootingA. and C. Black, 1840 - Всего страниц: 439 |
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... light amuse- ment remember to what high and holy calling his ancient predecessors were promoted , and so walk " As ever in his great task master's eye , " though casting not his nets by Galilean shore . When the cheerful spring and all ...
... light amuse- ment remember to what high and holy calling his ancient predecessors were promoted , and so walk " As ever in his great task master's eye , " though casting not his nets by Galilean shore . When the cheerful spring and all ...
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... light . As simulation consists in the adoption or affecta- tion of what is not , while dissimulation consists in the careful concealment of what really is the one being a positive , the other rather a negative act — so the great object ...
... light . As simulation consists in the adoption or affecta- tion of what is not , while dissimulation consists in the careful concealment of what really is the one being a positive , the other rather a negative act — so the great object ...
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... that moment before us , moving like a mote of light along the glittering waters . Yet he killed a fine trout with it , after two or three lumbering casts . Now no- thing could more than this completely prove the truth of 14 ANGLING .
... that moment before us , moving like a mote of light along the glittering waters . Yet he killed a fine trout with it , after two or three lumbering casts . Now no- thing could more than this completely prove the truth of 14 ANGLING .
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... light to dingy darkness . Our spot- ted friend now pauses for a moment , the line slackens , and your heart , though a bold one , beats with fear , for you think him gone for ever ; but no , the tightened line and trilling reel reassure ...
... light to dingy darkness . Our spot- ted friend now pauses for a moment , the line slackens , and your heart , though a bold one , beats with fear , for you think him gone for ever ; but no , the tightened line and trilling reel reassure ...
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... light line , is perseverance , that is , constant and con- tinuous exertion . Fish are whimsical creatures , even when the angler , with all appliances and means to boot , is placed apparently under the most favourable circumstances ...
... light line , is perseverance , that is , constant and con- tinuous exertion . Fish are whimsical creatures , even when the angler , with all appliances and means to boot , is placed apparently under the most favourable circumstances ...
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Стр. 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.
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Стр. 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...
Стр. 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...
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