| 518 Seiten
...containing materials such as Gay describes as necessary for the art of imitating nature : — " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes the tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail ; Each gaudy bird some slender... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 822 Seiten
...Sports, canto i.), which are as true in their directions as they are poetically beautiful :— To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. * Walton's Angler, pt. i. cap. 5. t Let not the angler be put off with the " yellow professor" of the... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 Seiten
...Who sings a farewell to the parting day. GAY. Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat. GAY. The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. GAY. He told us that the welkin would be clear When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air. GAY.... | |
| John Jay Brown - 1876 - 500 Seiten
...juut the colors shine in every part. Thnt nature seems to live again in art." And also— " To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let nature guide theej sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require; The peacock's plumes thy tackle... | |
| John Jackson Manley - 1877 - 432 Seiten
...: — " You now a more delusive art must try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining hellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 Seiten
...Who sings a farewell to the parting day. GAY. Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat. GAY. The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. GAY. He told us that the welkin would l>e clear When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air. GAY.... | |
| James Alexander Henshall - 1881 - 490 Seiten
...6 for bait-fishing, and Nos. 2 and 3, for fly-fishing. I CHAPTER XIV. ARTIFICIAL FLIES. " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Kach gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends thegrowing insect proper wings: Bilks of all... | |
| James Alexander Henshall - 1881 - 494 Seiten
...XIV. AETIFICIAL FLIES. " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on feinnle pride ; Let nature guide thee. Sometimes golden wire...require; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fall, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tnil. Each gaudy bl'd some slender tribute brings, And lends... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 Seiten
...doubt How power could condescend to do without, p. BYBON — J)on Juan. Canto VIL St. 74. To frame om my wings @Q - tale, o. GAY -Rural tyiorts. Canto I. Line 177. To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 Seiten
...do without. n. BYRON — Don JMIII. Canto VII. St. 74. To frfime the little animal, provide All tie gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Nature guide...thee; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of tho fly require; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not (ail. Nor the dear purchase of the sable's... | |
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