Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Volumen61885 |
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Página ix
... hand - line , and who ' occupies his business in great waters . ' In consequence of the growing artfulness of man or of fish , or both , angling has come to be nearly as wide a field for the specialist as doctoring . Each different ...
... hand - line , and who ' occupies his business in great waters . ' In consequence of the growing artfulness of man or of fish , or both , angling has come to be nearly as wide a field for the specialist as doctoring . Each different ...
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... hands , this is my favourite . The two centre bamboo joints are all that remain of a mottled East Indian cane which I chose from amongst the hundreds in Mr. Farlow's warehouse when a stripling . It has since had tops enough to stock a ...
... hands , this is my favourite . The two centre bamboo joints are all that remain of a mottled East Indian cane which I chose from amongst the hundreds in Mr. Farlow's warehouse when a stripling . It has since had tops enough to stock a ...
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... hands rather larger than smaller . ' The advantages gained by this sort of reel over the old - fashioned shallow - plate broad - grooved winch are increased speed - inasmuch as the diameter of the axle upon which the line is wound is ...
... hands rather larger than smaller . ' The advantages gained by this sort of reel over the old - fashioned shallow - plate broad - grooved winch are increased speed - inasmuch as the diameter of the axle upon which the line is wound is ...
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... hand , and from which the spinning or other bait is cast , without any reserve of loose line , on the assumption that between the skill of the caster and the unchecked ' running ' of the reel itself the latter will give out sufficient ...
... hand , and from which the spinning or other bait is cast , without any reserve of loose line , on the assumption that between the skill of the caster and the unchecked ' running ' of the reel itself the latter will give out sufficient ...
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... hands - which from some reason or other seemed to be- come in parts almost immediately rotten , - a result , as far as I could judge , only attributable to the effect of the new dressing . One great point certainly is never to put the ...
... hands - which from some reason or other seemed to be- come in parts almost immediately rotten , - a result , as far as I could judge , only attributable to the effect of the new dressing . One great point certainly is never to put the ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 94 - Beyond it, blooms the garden that I love. News from the humming city comes to it In sound of funeral or of marriage bells; And, sitting muffled in dark leaves, you hear The windy clanging of the minster clock; Although between it and the garden lies A league of grass, wash'd by a slow broad stream, That, stirr'd with languid pulses of the oar, Waves all its lazy lilies, and creeps on, Barge-laden, to three arches of a bridge Crown'd with the minster-towers.
Página 1 - A visitor of the rounds of God's sweet skill. Man's life is warm, glad, sad, 'twixt loves and graves, Boundless in hope, honoured with pangs austere, Heaven-gazing; and his angel-wings he craves: — The fish is swift, small-needing, vague yet clear, A cold, sweet, silver life, wrapped in round waves, Quickened with touches of transporting fear.
Página 334 - O glide, fair stream! for ever so, Thy quiet soul on all bestowing, Till all our minds for ever flow As thy deep waters now are flowing.
Página 197 - But of this no more, but that it is observed, that the old or very great Pikes have in them more of state than goodness; the smaller or middle-sized Pikes, being by the most and choicest palates observed to be the best meat; and contrary, the Eel is observed to be the better for age and bigness.
Página 255 - ... spines, which on these occasions are projected. I have witnessed a battle of this sort which lasted several minutes before either would give way ; and when one does submit, imagination can hardly conceive the vindictive fury of the conqueror ; who, in the most persevering and unrelenting way, chases his rival from one part of the tub to another, until fairly exhausted with fatigue.
Página 198 - Rusticum,' exactly reverses the dictum : Lo ! the rich pike, to entertain your guest, Smokes on the board, and decks a royal feast. . . . An assertion which is perfectly in consonance with the facts of the case as it pointedly figures in the Cartes de diner of most of the grand and royal banquets of former times— as, for instance, the feast at the enthronisation of George Nevil, Archbishop of York, in 1466 ; the feast given to Richard II. by the celebrated William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester...