The Practical Angler; Or The Art of Trouting FishingA. & C. Black, 1857 - Всего страниц: 195 |
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... head is small and well - shaped , the back finely curved , and the sides are thickly studded with starlike spots of a variety of colours , from bright red to dark brown . It is singular that it is a most unusual occurrence to find two ...
... head is small and well - shaped , the back finely curved , and the sides are thickly studded with starlike spots of a variety of colours , from bright red to dark brown . It is singular that it is a most unusual occurrence to find two ...
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... head , and looking sideways , so that they not only see in front , but also on both sides of them , and even a little behind . The growth , size , and edible qualities of trout entirely depend upon the quality and quantity of their food ...
... head , and looking sideways , so that they not only see in front , but also on both sides of them , and even a little behind . The growth , size , and edible qualities of trout entirely depend upon the quality and quantity of their food ...
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... head in proportion to the body , and the breadth and thickness of the body itself , at once indi- cate the well - conditioned fish . All anglers should confine their operations to that period of the year when trout are fit for the table ...
... head in proportion to the body , and the breadth and thickness of the body itself , at once indi- cate the well - conditioned fish . All anglers should confine their operations to that period of the year when trout are fit for the table ...
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... head is not to select any very glaring colours , as they are apt to attract the notice of the trout , and are perceived by them at a greater distance . Some anglers may think this is being unnecessarily particular ; but on a sunny day ...
... head is not to select any very glaring colours , as they are apt to attract the notice of the trout , and are perceived by them at a greater distance . Some anglers may think this is being unnecessarily particular ; but on a sunny day ...
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... heads up stream ; they cannot remain sta- tionary in any other position . This being the case , they see objects above and on both sides of them , but cannot discern anything behind them , so that the angler fishing down will be seen by ...
... heads up stream ; they cannot remain sta- tionary in any other position . This being the case , they see objects above and on both sides of them , but cannot discern anything behind them , so that the angler fishing down will be seen by ...
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Стр. 72 - 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.
Стр. 122 - And out o' the knight's a brier. And they twa met, and they twa plat, And fain they wad be near ; And a' the warld might ken right weel They were twa lovers dear.
Стр. 148 - An interesting fragment had been obtained of an ancient historical ballad ; but the remainder, to the great disturbance of the editor and his coadjutor, was not to be recovered. Two days afterwards, while the editor was sitting with some company after dinner, a sound was heard at a distance like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rio-ging of the vessel which scuds before it.
Стр. 4 - Swift, that angling is always to be considered as "a stick and a string, with a fly at one end and a fool at the other.
Стр. 149 - ... the great astonishment of such of the guests as did not know him) burst into the room, chanting the desiderated ballad, with the most enthusiastic gesture, and all the energy of the sawtones of his voice already commemorated.
Стр. 154 - With yielding hand, That feels him still, yet to his furious course Gives way, you, now retiring, following now Across the stream, exhaust his idle rage : Till floating broad upon his breathless side, And to his fate abandon'd, to the shore You gaily drag your unresisting prize.
Стр. 72 - By this time his dogs had assembled about his chair — they began to fawn upon him and lick his hands, and he alternately sobbed and smiled over them, until sleep oppressed him.
Стр. 72 - Ladhope, and the outline of the Eildons burst on him, he became greatly excited, and when turning himself on the couch his eye caught at length his own towers, at the distance of a mile, he sprang up with a cry of delight. The river being in flood, we had to go round a few miles by Melrose bridge ; and during the time this occupied, his woods and house being within prospect, it required occasionally both Dr Watson's strength and mine, in addition to Nicolson's, to keep him in the carriage.
Стр. 142 - Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring bale-fires blaze no more ; No longer steel-clad warriors ride Along thy wild and willow'd shore ; Where'er thou wind'st, by dale or hill, All, all is peaceful, all is still, As if thy waves, since Time was born. Since first they roll'd upon the Tweed, Had only heard the shepherd's reed, Nor started at the bugle-horn.