The Angler;: A Poem, in Ten Cantos. Comprising Proper Instructions in the Art, with Rules to Choose Fishing Rods, Lines, Hooks, Floats, Baits, and to Make Artificial Flies; Receipts for Pastes, &c. &c. Embellished with Upwards of Twenty Beautiful Wood-cutsJ.H. Burn, 1820 - 231 pages |
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Page 18
... Eurus now prevail ; Nor let the ruddy morn those winds attend , That tender herbs , and infant blossoms rend ; Nor let old Boreas dare resume his breeze , To check th ' expansion of the budding trees . Let not the atmosphere betray its ...
... Eurus now prevail ; Nor let the ruddy morn those winds attend , That tender herbs , and infant blossoms rend ; Nor let old Boreas dare resume his breeze , To check th ' expansion of the budding trees . Let not the atmosphere betray its ...
Page 28
... Eurus breathes unkind . Blow Boreas , Eurus , but nor loud nor cold , Angler go forth , with high assurance bold : Believe a tepid season , and partake Large booty from the river , pond or lake . Yet trust not , Angler , to an April ...
... Eurus breathes unkind . Blow Boreas , Eurus , but nor loud nor cold , Angler go forth , with high assurance bold : Believe a tepid season , and partake Large booty from the river , pond or lake . Yet trust not , Angler , to an April ...
Page 120
... Eurus driv'n , see gloomy tempests fly ; Dark clouds arise to hide the smiling scenes , And rolling thunder from afar begins . The sun's obscured ! the storm now louder grown , The thunder burst , the lightning flashes down ; A deluge ...
... Eurus driv'n , see gloomy tempests fly ; Dark clouds arise to hide the smiling scenes , And rolling thunder from afar begins . The sun's obscured ! the storm now louder grown , The thunder burst , the lightning flashes down ; A deluge ...
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angling April arming ARTIFICIAL FLIES banks Barbel bite bottom brandling Bream caddis CANTO Carp Charles Cotton cheerful Chelmer Cheven Chub colour cork coursers Dace deep delight diff'rent ditto draw e'er eels Eurus ev'ry eyes fastened finny flies float frog gale garden worm gentle grasshopper Grayling ground Gudgeon hail hand head heart Heav'n hole honey inches jolly Anglers keep ledger-bait length Loach lob-worm meads mid-water minnow mode of fishing morning muddy Nature's night o'er Otter Pearch Pike plain play pleasure pond pounds pow'r prey put the hook red-worm reign rise river Roach rove Salmon scene scoured season seize shore side sing sink smiles Sniggling song soul sport spring stream strike strong Suffolk sweet swim tackle tail Tench thee thou Trout wave Waveney weather wind wings winter worm yard yellow