A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling [etc.]T. Plummer, 1808 - 186 Seiten |
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... soon be scoured , yet be very weak , but being put to good moss , they will spee- dily recover . When the knot near the middle of the brandling begins to swell , he is sick ; and for fear they should die , feed them with crumbs of bread ...
... soon be scoured , yet be very weak , but being put to good moss , they will spee- dily recover . When the knot near the middle of the brandling begins to swell , he is sick ; and for fear they should die , feed them with crumbs of bread ...
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... soon found them to be of longer duration than theirs . The first business of this creature , after he is dis- engaged from the water , is flying about to find out a proper place to fix on , as trees , bushes , & c . to wait for another ...
... soon found them to be of longer duration than theirs . The first business of this creature , after he is dis- engaged from the water , is flying about to find out a proper place to fix on , as trees , bushes , & c . to wait for another ...
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... soon performed , as they are of so short a duration . When the females were impregnated , they left the company of the males , and sought the river , and kept constantly playing up and down on the water . It was very plainly seen , that ...
... soon performed , as they are of so short a duration . When the females were impregnated , they left the company of the males , and sought the river , and kept constantly playing up and down on the water . It was very plainly seen , that ...
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... soon exhaust his strength ; and when you pull him towards you , do not do it violently ; for if you do he will launch and plunge in such a manner , that though he may not be able to break your tackle , yet he will tear away his hold ...
... soon exhaust his strength ; and when you pull him towards you , do not do it violently ; for if you do he will launch and plunge in such a manner , that though he may not be able to break your tackle , yet he will tear away his hold ...
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... soon rise again : having therefore fixed your eye upon the largest and best , drop your bait with great caution before him , and he will instantly take it , and be held fast ; for he is a leather - mouthed fish , and seldom breaks hold ...
... soon rise again : having therefore fixed your eye upon the largest and best , drop your bait with great caution before him , and he will instantly take it , and be held fast ; for he is a leather - mouthed fish , and seldom breaks hold ...
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Seite 138 - There throw, nice-judging, the delusive fly; And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing game.
Seite 141 - Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth t...
Seite 179 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Seite 157 - Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the watery plains. Now Cancer glows with Phoebus...
Seite 134 - Resounds the living surface of the ground : Nor undelightful is the ceaseless hum, To him who muses through the woods at noon...
Seite 177 - The same rule holds of a clear place, when all the sky is equally thick, except one clear edge.
Seite 141 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours : Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants ; So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
Seite 44 - And looking lively gratitude. At last, The clouds consign their treasures to the fields ; And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshened world. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard, By such as wander through the forest walks, Beneath the' umbrageous multitude of leaves.
Seite 137 - Which, by rapacious hunger swallow'd deep, Gives, as you tear it from the bleeding breast Of the weak helpless uncomplaining wretch, Harsh pain, and horror to the tender hand.
Seite 134 - Let no presuming impious railer tax Creative Wisdom , as if aught was form'd In vain, or not for admirable ends.