 | William Hone - 1827 - 452 Seiten
...the day. You now a more delusive art must try. And tempt r heir hunger with the curious fly. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...female pride: Let nature guide thee ; sometimes golden win The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail. Nor the... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 892 Seiten
...provide All the gay hues tliat wait on female pride : Let пч1ите guide thee ; sometimes golden w;rt! The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail. Nor ihe dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 Seiten
...were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving. Milton's Paradise Lost. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings j Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the usher's art. Gay's Rural Sports.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 Seiten
...Adoring first the genius of the piara. And night, and all the »tars that gild her tablt throne. n,ii-l The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the table's tail. (jay. SABLE, in heraldry, signifies black ; and, in engraving, is expressed by horizontal... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 Seiten
...ire hardest to be drawn are the tame birds ; as cock, turkey-cock and peacock. Ptucham. The peacKk'i plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Gay. The self-applauding bird the pea-ock see — Mark what a sumptuous Pharisee is he ! Meridian sunbeams... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Salter - 1830 - 438 Seiten
...artificial flies are prettily described by GAT, in his Poem on [Rural Sports, as follows : To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...the dear purchase of the sable's tail ; Each gaudy hird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks, of all colours,... | |
 | 1846 - 512 Seiten
...tenderhearted fabulist, Gay, himself a fly-fisher, are brought to bear : "To frame the fur- wrought fly, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride:...gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the glowing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fair promote the... | |
 | 1868 - 522 Seiten
...containing materials snch 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... | |
 | 1851
...valuable. In brief, or as Hume says, " to sum up the tottle," I quote the poet Gay's lines : — " To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues that wait...on female pride ; Let Nature guide thee : sometimes golden-wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1833 - 380 Seiten
...in fly-making, which is quoted from the above mentioned poem. To frame the little animal, provide AH the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let nature...tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable 's tail ; Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings... | |
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To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's... 
