Fish-tails, and Some True OnesE.Arnold, 1897 - 255 Seiten |
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Seite 31
... wanted to see . What's Fare- brother's address ? I'll engage him for Satur- day . " " I am afraid you cannot do that , because he has taken a permanent appointment at the Angler's Rest on the Styx , " said the subject of the stirring ...
... wanted to see . What's Fare- brother's address ? I'll engage him for Satur- day . " " I am afraid you cannot do that , because he has taken a permanent appointment at the Angler's Rest on the Styx , " said the subject of the stirring ...
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... wanted to borrow a book I had offered to lend , he ventured to disturb us . We upbraided him for not letting us know he was a grass - widower , and then abandoned commonplaces for conver- sation . Anderson was not , I believe , at Eton ...
... wanted to borrow a book I had offered to lend , he ventured to disturb us . We upbraided him for not letting us know he was a grass - widower , and then abandoned commonplaces for conver- sation . Anderson was not , I believe , at Eton ...
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... wanted catching , and there were also perch in the pond . But when I was alone with my cousins they explained that as soon as their father had departed next day to perform the duties of a county magis- trate they intended to adopt a ...
... wanted catching , and there were also perch in the pond . But when I was alone with my cousins they explained that as soon as their father had departed next day to perform the duties of a county magis- trate they intended to adopt a ...
Seite 51
... wanted . " I was extremely excited at the prospect of transgressing all laws , public and private , but did not believe that the result would realise the rose - coloured hopes of the inventive Rob , for no fish were visible when we took ...
... wanted . " I was extremely excited at the prospect of transgressing all laws , public and private , but did not believe that the result would realise the rose - coloured hopes of the inventive Rob , for no fish were visible when we took ...
Seite 58
... wanted a bonnet beyond her quarter's allowance , I tossed her for that or a box of cigars ( which I cannot afford to smoke ) , and we loyally abided by the result . The bonnet mostly won , but it saved a lot of heart - burning . ” " You ...
... wanted a bonnet beyond her quarter's allowance , I tossed her for that or a box of cigars ( which I cannot afford to smoke ) , and we loyally abided by the result . The bonnet mostly won , but it saved a lot of heart - burning . ” " You ...
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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.