The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishingproprietors, 1833 - 328 pages |
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Page 33
... let me add this , that he that likes not the book , should like the excellent picture of the Trout , and some of the other fish ; which I may take a liberty to commend , because they concern not myself . Next let me tell the reader ...
... let me add this , that he that likes not the book , should like the excellent picture of the Trout , and some of the other fish ; which I may take a liberty to commend , because they concern not myself . Next let me tell the reader ...
Page 43
... me and to all that love virtue and angling . And for you that have heard many grave , serious men pity anglers ; let me tell ... me ? Shall I conclude her to be simple , that has her time to begin or refuse to play as freely as I myself have ...
... me and to all that love virtue and angling . And for you that have heard many grave , serious men pity anglers ; let me tell ... me ? Shall I conclude her to be simple , that has her time to begin or refuse to play as freely as I myself have ...
Page 44
... let him be never so grave , that hath not heard what anglers can say in the justification of their Art and Recreation ; which I may again tell ... me ; for , though I am no scoffer , yet I have - I pray let me speak it without offence -always ...
... let him be never so grave , that hath not heard what anglers can say in the justification of their Art and Recreation ; which I may again tell ... me ; for , though I am no scoffer , yet I have - I pray let me speak it without offence -always ...
Page 63
... let me tell you , that angling is of high esteem , and of much use in other nations . He that reads the Voyages of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto , † shall find that there he declares to have found a king and several priests a - fishing . And ...
... let me tell you , that angling is of high esteem , and of much use in other nations . He that reads the Voyages of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto , † shall find that there he declares to have found a king and several priests a - fishing . And ...
Page 64
... let me tell you , that in the Scrip- ture , angling is always taken in the best sense ; and that though hunting may be sometimes so taken , yet it is but seldom to be so understood . And let me add this more : he that views the ancient ...
... let me tell you , that in the Scrip- ture , angling is always taken in the best sense ; and that though hunting may be sometimes so taken , yet it is but seldom to be so understood . And let me add this more : he that views the ancient ...
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Page 72 - 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 98 - ... hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did...
Page 71 - With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me, and be my love.
Page 69 - Look, under that broad beech-tree I sat down, when I was last this way a-fishing, 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 96 - Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, Sweet dews shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die.
Page 98 - I IN these flowery meads would be ; These crystal streams should solace me ; To whose harmonious bubbling noise, I with my angle would rejoice ; Sit here and see the turtle-dove Court his chaste mate to acts of love ; Or on that bank feel the west wind Breathe health and plenty : please my mind, To see sweet dew-drops kiss these flowers, And then...
Page 70 - Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it: it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow now at least fifty years ago. And the milk-maid's mother sung an answer to it which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger days. They were oldfashioned poetry, but choicely good; I think much better than the strong lines which are now in fashion in this critical age.
Page 38 - I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice : but he that hopes to be a good angler, must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a love and propensity to the art itself; but having once got and practised it, then doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.
Page 72 - IF all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love.
Page 220 - Dear Solitude, the soul's best friend, That man acquainted with himself dost make, And all his Maker's wonders to intend. With thee I here converse at will, And would be -glad to do so still, For it is thou alone that keep'st the soul awake.