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" 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 447
by William Barker Daniel - 1812
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 15

John William Carleton - 1846 - 508 pages
...tenderhearted fabulist, Gay, himself a fly-fisher, are brought to bear: "To frame the fur-wrought fly, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride...gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the glowing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fair promote the...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 25

John William Carleton - 1851 - 514 pages
...valuable. In brief, or as Huiue says, " to sum up the tottle," I quote the poet Gay's lines : — " To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues...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,...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.

John William Carleton - 1868 - 522 pages
...pocket-case, containing materials such as Gay describes as necessary for the art of imitating nature : — " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; Let nature guide thcc ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes the tackle...
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Schreiner's Sporting Manual: A Complete Treatise on Fishing, Fowling and ...

William H. Schreiner - 1841 - 162 pages
...of making them neatly, the pockets should be well supplied with the necessary materials therefore, " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues...shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plume, thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender...
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The Angler's Guide, Being a Plain and Complete Practical Treatise on the ...

Thomas Frederick Salter - 1841 - 428 pages
...for making artificial flies are prettily described by GAY, in his Poem on Rural Sports, as follows : To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues...golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require. 2 u 2 The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail. Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail ; Each...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book; Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 3

William Hone - 1841 - 894 pages
...delusive art must try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. To frame the little animal, prende All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let nature...sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly reqaire ; The peacock's plumea thy tackle must not fail. Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail....
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The gift book of English poetry

English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...look into the day : 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...the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy hird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours...
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Complete Fisher's Manual for the United States

John Jay Brown - 1849 - 404 pages
...binds ; So just the colors shine in every part. That nature seems to live again in art." And also— " To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues...gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the glowing insect proper wings ; Silks of all colors must their aid impart, And every fur promote the...
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The American Angler's Guide: Containing the Opinions and Practice ..., Parts 1-2

John J. Brown - 1849 - 250 pages
...binds ; So juet the colors shine in every part, That nature seems to live again in art." And also — " To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues...sable's tail ; Each gaudy bird some slender tribute bringa, And lends the glowing insect proper wings ; Silks of all colors must their aid impart, And...
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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged ...

1852 - 874 pages
...look into the day : You now a more delusive art must try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. fill his ear; when, contrary, he hears On all sides,...innumerable tongues, A dismal universal hiss, the sound Of toil. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings ; Silks...
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