Supplement to the Rural SportsB. & R. Crosby, 1813 - 507 pages |
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... hooks , & c . with some remarks on the preservation of Fish in pools . L. M. is Leonard Mascall . ] " A New Booke of good Husbandry , very pleasaunt , and of great profite both for Gentlemen and Yomen : conteining the Order and Maner of ...
... hooks , & c . with some remarks on the preservation of Fish in pools . L. M. is Leonard Mascall . ] " A New Booke of good Husbandry , very pleasaunt , and of great profite both for Gentlemen and Yomen : conteining the Order and Maner of ...
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... hook or line in worth ; and indeed in those Exercises our pleasure depends much upon the will and humour of a sullen Cur , or Kite ( as I have heard their own passions phrase them ) which also require much attendance , care , and skill ...
... hook or line in worth ; and indeed in those Exercises our pleasure depends much upon the will and humour of a sullen Cur , or Kite ( as I have heard their own passions phrase them ) which also require much attendance , care , and skill ...
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... hook or line , or perhaps ( what he never possessed ) a Fish , and suppose he take nothing , yet he enjoyeth a delightful walk by pleasant rivers , in sweet pastures , amongst odoriferous flowers , which gratifie his senses and delight ...
... hook or line , or perhaps ( what he never possessed ) a Fish , and suppose he take nothing , yet he enjoyeth a delightful walk by pleasant rivers , in sweet pastures , amongst odoriferous flowers , which gratifie his senses and delight ...
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... hooks , and lines , compos'd of stout horse - hairs , And Nets of various sorts , and various snares , The Seine , the cast - net , and the wicker maze , To waste the watery tribes a thousand ways : A crazy Boat was drawn upon a plank ...
... hooks , and lines , compos'd of stout horse - hairs , And Nets of various sorts , and various snares , The Seine , the cast - net , and the wicker maze , To waste the watery tribes a thousand ways : A crazy Boat was drawn upon a plank ...
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... hook so weak ! Anxious I gaz'd ; he struggled to be gone ; 6 You're wounded , -I'll be with you , friend , anon- Still do you tease me ? ' for he plagu'd me sore ; At last , quite spent , I drew him safe on shore , Then grasp'd him with ...
... hook so weak ! Anxious I gaz'd ; he struggled to be gone ; 6 You're wounded , -I'll be with you , friend , anon- Still do you tease me ? ' for he plagu'd me sore ; At last , quite spent , I drew him safe on shore , Then grasp'd him with ...
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2d Edit Account Acres Angler Animal Anno appears Art of Angling Bait Birds Bite Boat caught COLONSAY Colour Country Defendant died Dishes ditto Dogs Earl Eggs ENGLAND Expence FAWDON feet Fish Fishery Fishmongers five Food four Fowl fyshe Game Gamekeeper Gentleman Ground Gudgeon Guineas Hare haue Hook Horse Hounds Hours House Hundred Hunting Hydrophobia inches Inhabitants John killed KING Labour Lady Lakes Land late length lived Lond LONDON Lord Love Mad-dog Manor Market Miles Name never Number o'er observed Oyster Parish Partridges Penalty pence Person Pheasants Pike Plaintiff Pleasure Possession pounds Price produced Quadrupeds Quantity Rabbits Reign remarkable River River Eden River THAMES Salmon says SCOTLAND Season seven Sheep shew Shillings Ship shooting Shore shot sold Species Sport Stone Stream Tail taken THAMES thou Thousand tion Trout Turkeys Twenty Water WILLIAM Woodcocks WORM young
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Page 450 - And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat: that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Page 470 - You shall see him brought to bay ; " Waken, lords and ladies gay! " Louder, louder, chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ! Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we ; Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Staunch as hound, and fleet as hawk ? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay...
Page 79 - The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break...
Page 73 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 208 - Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross divides the weekly bread : He feeds yon alms-house, neat, but void of state, Where Age and Want sit smiling at the gate ; Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes, and gives.
Page 353 - Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shews him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses.
Page 78 - With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love.
Page 5 - The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. BEING A DISCOURSE OF FISH AND FISHING not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. Simon Peter said, I go a fishing : and they said, we also -will go with thee.
Page 297 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 63 - Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t" embrace, And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war and wantonness. Let them that list these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill ; So I the fields and meadows green may view, And daily by fresh rivers walk at will Among the daisies and the violets blue, Red hyacinth and yellow daffodil, Purple narcissus like the morning rays, Pale gander-grass and azure culver-keys.