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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... meads I fish and stray . Virtue , severe , on no enjoyment smiles , Which idle hours debase , or vice defiles ; The wise to life's momentous work attend ; And think and act still pointing to their end ! As yon clear streams one constant ...
... meads I fish and stray . Virtue , severe , on no enjoyment smiles , Which idle hours debase , or vice defiles ; The wise to life's momentous work attend ; And think and act still pointing to their end ! As yon clear streams one constant ...
Page 9
... mead to mead , still casting as he moves , In deeps , in shoals , the roach suspending hook , ` To lure the stream's fell tyrant from his nook : Sloth will not dare these labours , which demand The strenuous vigour of no feeble hand ...
... mead to mead , still casting as he moves , In deeps , in shoals , the roach suspending hook , ` To lure the stream's fell tyrant from his nook : Sloth will not dare these labours , which demand The strenuous vigour of no feeble hand ...
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... meads ; Where on the mountain's sides the green woods grow , Where lilies bloom , and dew - dipp'd roses blow ; Where all the charms , which beauteous Nature gave , Smile on the bosom of the azure wave . When , in the soft ambrosial ...
... meads ; Where on the mountain's sides the green woods grow , Where lilies bloom , and dew - dipp'd roses blow ; Where all the charms , which beauteous Nature gave , Smile on the bosom of the azure wave . When , in the soft ambrosial ...
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... meads towards the stream he hies ; And whether fish will kindly bite or not , Pleasure and health are from th ' excursion got . Where the dull river rolls its lazy stream , And deep'ning shades seclude the noon - day beam , Sequester'd ...
... meads towards the stream he hies ; And whether fish will kindly bite or not , Pleasure and health are from th ' excursion got . Where the dull river rolls its lazy stream , And deep'ning shades seclude the noon - day beam , Sequester'd ...
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... meads with wary foot they trace . Peace on the dead ! Some living hands I know , No shame to Anglers , not unskill'd to throw ; Who in their grindles fish with much delight , — Whom love of Trout , and bacon - chine excite . If Where'er ...
... meads with wary foot they trace . Peace on the dead ! Some living hands I know , No shame to Anglers , not unskill'd to throw ; Who in their grindles fish with much delight , — Whom love of Trout , and bacon - chine excite . If Where'er ...
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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