Fish-tails, and Some True OnesE.Arnold, 1897 - 255 Seiten |
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Seite 61
... showed a deep ultramarine on one side of the boat , and a bright emerald on the other . After we had each taken about half a score of fish , I hooked a monster and claimed the prize ; but my wife adroitly referred the matter to Flint as ...
... showed a deep ultramarine on one side of the boat , and a bright emerald on the other . After we had each taken about half a score of fish , I hooked a monster and claimed the prize ; but my wife adroitly referred the matter to Flint as ...
Seite 67
... showed my friend a gold Devon , and asked him what he thought of it ; to which he replied that it was useless , as the fish in these still pools were much too experienced for such obviously human lures , but I was welcome to try it to ...
... showed my friend a gold Devon , and asked him what he thought of it ; to which he replied that it was useless , as the fish in these still pools were much too experienced for such obviously human lures , but I was welcome to try it to ...
Seite 69
... showed himself and made a most eager rush : this time he was really on , and , after much cautious playing round an intervening alder bush , was safely landed . After this I tried other parts of the pool , but , owing to the shallowness ...
... showed himself and made a most eager rush : this time he was really on , and , after much cautious playing round an intervening alder bush , was safely landed . After this I tried other parts of the pool , but , owing to the shallowness ...
Seite 78
... line would not come back . No , by Jove , it's a fish ! ' he said ; and so it was . He showed me how to play it , landed me in due course , ran up to the house for the gaff , came back and lifted out a 78 Fish - Tails , and some True Ones .
... line would not come back . No , by Jove , it's a fish ! ' he said ; and so it was . He showed me how to play it , landed me in due course , ran up to the house for the gaff , came back and lifted out a 78 Fish - Tails , and some True Ones .
Seite 116
... running up and down with a fish on . He showed us a new kind of reel for spinning , a new knot for attaching flies , and several novelties in minnows . Anderson was with us , and his face made me long 116 Fish - Tails , and some True Ones .
... running up and down with a fish on . He showed us a new kind of reel for spinning , a new knot for attaching flies , and several novelties in minnows . Anderson was with us , and his face made me long 116 Fish - Tails , and some True Ones .
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Anders Anderson angler asked bait bank birch boat boatman BRET HARTE bright brown called cast catch caught cheroots colour conger eels course deep Devon enjoyment Eric fancy feeling fish fisherman fjeld Fjord flies foul-hook gaff gaffed gave Grana-fossen grey grilse half happy hook hope hour Jock Scott killed knew ladies lake landed laughed look luck Lyme Regis Lyngen Margate meerschaum miles mind minnow minutes morning neighbour never Norseman Northward ho Norway Norwegian once perch pipe pond pool pounds prawn rain reel replied river rock round Rousdon rush salmon salmon river seemed shallow side silently smile smoke soon sport sportsmen Stavanger stones strax stream tackle tail Thames things thought told took trees trout turned valley wife worm yards
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 7 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
Seite 105 - Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Seite 35 - To-morrow is saint Crispian :' Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.' Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages What feats he did that day...
Seite 241 - No where by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. But here will sigh thine alder tree, And here thine aspen shiver; And here by thee will hum the bee, For ever and for ever. A...
Seite 244 - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Seite 46 - Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.
Seite 130 - NOT a breath of air Ruffles the bosom of this leafy glen. From the brook's margin, wide around, the trees Are steadfast as the rocks ; the brook itself, Old as the hills that feed it from afar, Doth rather deepen than disturb the calm Where all things else are still and motionless.
Seite 63 - And, seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven, Unless you be possess'd with devilish spirits, You cannot but forbear to murder me.
Seite 191 - Alas ! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio ; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy ; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times ; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Seite 113 - Now I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent To say another is an ass— at least, to all intent; Nor should the individual who happens to be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him, to any great extent.