 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...  Rural Sports - Page 447by William Barker Daniel - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pages
...do without. n. BYRON — Don JMIII. Canto VII. St. 74. To frfime the little animal, provide All tie gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Nature guide...thee; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of tho fly require; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not (ail. Nor the dear purchase of the sable's... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 pages
...it was a doubt How power could condescend to do without p. BTBON — Don, Juan. Canto VII. St. 74. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Mature guide thee; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require; The peacock's plumes... | |
 | 1883 - 718 pages
...but Gay does — " You now a more delusive art must try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let Nature guide thec ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle... | |
 | David Webster - 1885 - 392 pages
...he was an angler, thus instructs the salmon-fly dresser how to minister to the salmon's tastes : — "To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride." In that case it will be no light task nowadays to provide even one costume for " the little animal... | |
 | 1889 - 934 pages
...power, it was a doubt How power could condescend to do without D. BYKON — Don, Juan. Canto VII. St 74. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues...shining bellies of the fly require; The peacock's plumes tliy tackle must not fail. Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tale, o. GAY— fluraZ .Sports. Canto... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 402 pages
...new Disease ; The Cook destroys with his compounding Art, And dextrously performs the Doctor's Part. To frame the little Animal, provide All the gay Hues...Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes Golden Wire The glitt'ring Bellies of the Fly require ; The Peacock's Plumes thy Tackle must not fail, Nor the dear... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 384 pages
...new Disease ; The Cook destroys with his compounding Art, And dextrously performs the Doctor's Part. To frame the little Animal, provide All the gay Hues...Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes Golden Wire The glitt'ring Bellies of the Fly require ; The Peacock's Plumes thy Tackle must not fail, Nor the dear... | |
 | 1896 - 532 pages
...new Disease ; The Cook destroys with his compounding Art, And dextrously performs the Doctor's Part. To frame the little Animal, provide All the gay Hues...Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes Golden Wire The glitt'ring Bellies of the Fly require ; The Peacock's Plumes thy Tackle must not fail, Nor the dear... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...Who sings a farewell to the parting day. GAY. Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat. GAY. The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. GAY. I Ie told us that the welkin would be clear When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air. GAY.... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...it was a doubt How power could condescend to do without. k. BYRON — Don Juan. Canto VII. St. 74, 1 OH female pride : Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require... | |
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