The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: Estensively Embellished with Engravings on Copper and Wood, from Original Paintings and Drawings, by First-rate Artists, to which are Added, an Introductory Essay, the Linnœan Arangement of the Various River Fish Delineated in the Work, and Illustrative Notes |
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... Catch ! Health and long life the jocund sport attend , And each choice spirit be the Angler's friend ! O ! King of Rivers ! thou'rt a fish of reason , And go'st to sea but only for the season ! The strain sublime , each Salmon shall ...
... Catch ! Health and long life the jocund sport attend , And each choice spirit be the Angler's friend ! O ! King of Rivers ! thou'rt a fish of reason , And go'st to sea but only for the season ! The strain sublime , each Salmon shall ...
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... catch'd thereby " Is wiser far , alas ! than I. " p . 186 . 35. Chap . XIII . p . 193. The Eel , with a distant view of Wal- thamstow - Ferry , or Bannister's - Water ; from an Original Painting by W. Smith . Drawn and Engraved by H ...
... catch'd thereby " Is wiser far , alas ! than I. " p . 186 . 35. Chap . XIII . p . 193. The Eel , with a distant view of Wal- thamstow - Ferry , or Bannister's - Water ; from an Original Painting by W. Smith . Drawn and Engraved by H ...
Page lvi
... catching of Fish , I am not so simple as not to know , that a captious Reader may find exceptions against something said of some of these ; and therefore I must entreat him to consider , that experience teaches us to know , that several ...
... catching of Fish , I am not so simple as not to know , that a captious Reader may find exceptions against something said of some of these ; and therefore I must entreat him to consider , that experience teaches us to know , that several ...
Page lvii
... catch fish , and be as wise , as he that makes hay by the fair days in an almanac , and no surer ; for those very flies that use to appear about , and on the water in one month of the year , may the following year come almost a month ...
... catch fish , and be as wise , as he that makes hay by the fair days in an almanac , and no surer ; for those very flies that use to appear about , and on the water in one month of the year , may the following year come almost a month ...
Page 22
... with an ar- tificial fly ? a Trout ! that is more sharp sighted than Hawk you any have named , and more watch- ful and timorous than your high mettled Merlin is bold ? and yet , I doubt not to catch 22 THE COMPLETE ANGLER [ PART 1 .
... with an ar- tificial fly ? a Trout ! that is more sharp sighted than Hawk you any have named , and more watch- ful and timorous than your high mettled Merlin is bold ? and yet , I doubt not to catch 22 THE COMPLETE ANGLER [ PART 1 .
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Page 78 - And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle...
Page 79 - The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
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