The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation...: Prefixed, the Lives of the Author and Notes ...J. & F. Rivington, 1775 - Fishing |
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Page xxi
... four books on this fubject had been given to the world ; of the three laft fome mention is made in the margin * ; but the first of that number , as well on account of its quaintnefs as an- tiquity , and because it is not a little charac ...
... four books on this fubject had been given to the world ; of the three laft fome mention is made in the margin * ; but the first of that number , as well on account of its quaintnefs as an- tiquity , and because it is not a little charac ...
Page liv
... four pence a piece . I give to Doctor Hawkins , Doctor Donne's fermons , which I have heard preacht , and read with much content . To my fon Ifaac , I give Doctor Sibbs his Soul's Conflict ; and to my daughter his Bruifed Reed ...
... four pence a piece . I give to Doctor Hawkins , Doctor Donne's fermons , which I have heard preacht , and read with much content . To my fon Ifaac , I give Doctor Sibbs his Soul's Conflict ; and to my daughter his Bruifed Reed ...
Page lxii
... four cenfures . And I wish the reader alfo to take notice , that in writing of it I have made myself a re- creation of a recreation ; and that it might prove fo to him , and not read dull and tedioufly , I have in feveral places mixed ...
... four cenfures . And I wish the reader alfo to take notice , that in writing of it I have made myself a re- creation of a recreation ; and that it might prove fo to him , and not read dull and tedioufly , I have in feveral places mixed ...
Page lxv
... he is like to lofe his labour , or much of it : but for the generality , three or four flies , neat and rightly made , and not too big , ferve for a Trout in d moft moft rivers all the fummer . And for winter fly To the READER . 1xv.
... he is like to lofe his labour , or much of it : but for the generality , three or four flies , neat and rightly made , and not too big , ferve for a Trout in d moft moft rivers all the fummer . And for winter fly To the READER . 1xv.
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... four com- plexion , money - getting men , men that spend all their time first in getting , and next in anxious care to keep it ; men that are condemned to be rich , and then always bufy or difcontented : for these poor - rich - men , we ...
... four com- plexion , money - getting men , men that spend all their time first in getting , and next in anxious care to keep it ; men that are condemned to be rich , and then always bufy or difcontented : for these poor - rich - men , we ...
Common terms and phrases
alfo almoſt alſo angler angling artificial fly bait Barbel becauſe beft beſt body breed brown cafe caft called Carp catch Charles Cotton Chub colour Cotton difcourfe dubbing eſpecially faid fame fcholar feather feems feen ferve feven feveral fhall fhould fide fifh filk fince fing firft firſt fiſh fize flies fmall fome fometimes fong fport freſh frog ftand ftill ftream fuch fure Gefner Grayling hackle hair hath himſelf honeft hook houſe laft leaſt lefs live mafter mallard minnow moft month moſt muft muſt myſelf obferved Pearch perfon Pifc Pifcat Pike pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure pond preſently purpoſe reafon river river Dove Roach Salmon ſay ſeveral ſhall ſmall ſome ſpawn tail taken tell thefe theſe thofe thoſe Trout ufually uſe uſually Viat Walton warp whofe wings worm yellow
Popular passages
Page 76 - The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall.
Page 69 - Nay, stay a little, good Scholar ; I caught my last Trout with a worm, now I will put on a Minnow, and try a quarter of an hour about yonder trees for another, and so walk towards our lodging. Look you, Scholar, thereabout we shall have a bite presently, or not at all : have with you, sir ! o
Page 76 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy- buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move, To come to thee and be thy love.
Page 69 - And the birds in the adjoining grove seemed to have a friendly contention with an echo, whose dead voice seemed to live in a hollow tree, near to the brow of that primrose hill.
Page 8 - ... airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music...
Page 40 - College, to which he was a liberal benefactor ; in which picture he is drawn leaning on a desk with his Bible before him, and on one hand of him his lines, hooks, and other tackling lying in a round ; and on his other hand are his anglerods of several sorts : and by them this is written,
Page 233 - 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 tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings...
Page 70 - I left this place, and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me; 'twas a handsome milkmaid that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be, as too many men too often do; but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale. Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted...
Page 75 - With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love. Thy silver dishes for thy meat, As precious as the gods do eat, Shall on an ivory table be Prepared each day for thee and me. 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.
Page 245 - If I had known it but twenty years ago I would have gained a hundred pounds, only with that bait. I am bound in duty to divulge it to your honour, and not to carry it to my grave with me. I do desire that men of quality should have it that delight in that pleasure. The greedy angler will murmur at me : but for that I care not.