 A day with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not a scorching sun, A southern gale to curl the stream, And, master, half our work is done.  Rural Sports - Page 223by William Barker Daniel - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Raymond - 1866 - 124 pages
...those days in direct opposition to that described in Walton and Cotton's " Angler " — " A day without too bright a beam, " A warm but not a scorching sun, " A southern breeze to curl the stream, " And, master, half our work is done." For the day I am mentioning was one... | |
 | 1870 - 644 pages
...Rennie's edition of the Complete Angler (London, 1830), as may be seen on p. 26 thereof : — " There, whilst behind some bush we wait The scaly people to...treacherous bait To make the preying trout our prey." J. BEALE. "Winter," by Charles Cotton, alluded to and nquired about by MR. SLEIGH, will be found irinted... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1870 - 334 pages
...have several times in May and June had to complain of too clear a sky, and wished, with Cotton, for A day with not too bright a beam ; A warm, but not a scorching, sun. HAL. — Whilst we have been conversing, the Mayflies, which were in such quantities, have become much... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1875 - 722 pages
...wherein to try, What the best Master's hand can do With the most deadly killing fly. A day without too bright a beam, A warm but not a scorching sun, A southern gale to curl the stream, Andi Master, half our work is done. There whilst behind some bush we wait. The scaly people to betray,... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1875 - 716 pages
...wherein to try, \Vh.*t the best Master's hand can do With the most deadly killing fly. A day without too bright a beam, A warm but not a scorching sun, A southern g.ile to curl the stream. And, Master, half our work is done. There whilst behind some bush we wait,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...Perhaps a week, wherein to try What the best master's hand can do With the most deadly killing fly. A day with not too bright a beam ; A warm, but not...behind some bush we wait The scaly people to betray, We '11 prove it just, with treacherous bait, To make the preying trout our prey ; And think ourselves,... | |
 | Ulick J. Burke - 1878 - 186 pages
...replenish their aunt's larder with the spoils of their cunning. PART II.— THE RIVER. CHAPTER VI. A day, with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not...curl the stream, And, master, half our work is done. There, whilst behind some bush we wait, The scaly people to betray, We'll prove it just, with treach'rous... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1880 - 716 pages
...Perhaps a week, wherein to try What the best master's hand can do With the most deadly -killing flie : A day, with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not...curl the stream, And, master, half our work is done. There whilst behind some bush we wait, The scaly people to betray. We'll prove it just, with treach'rous... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 pages
...Perhaps a week, wherein to try What the best master's hand can do With the most deadly killing fly. A day with not too bright a beam ; A warm, but not...A southern gale to curl the stream ; And, master, halt our work is done. Then, whilst behind some bush we wait The scaly people to betray, We'll prove... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...Perhaps a week, wherein to try What the best master's hand can do With the most deadly killing fly. 8 A day with not too bright a beam ; A warm, but not...curl the stream; And, master, half our work is done. • 9 Then, whilst behind some bush we wait The scaly people to betray, We'll prove it just, with treacherous... | |
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