Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Volumen61885 |
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... neatness nor strength can be attained . The difference in killing power between one bend of hook and another , slightly varied , is not less than 100 per cent . 3 THE PIKE ( Esox lucius ) . The wary 2 PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH .
... neatness nor strength can be attained . The difference in killing power between one bend of hook and another , slightly varied , is not less than 100 per cent . 3 THE PIKE ( Esox lucius ) . The wary 2 PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH .
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... killed as required . The most instantaneous and effectual way of doing this is to give them two or three sharp ' flips ' with the finger , or , in the case of large baits , taps with a small stick , or else the handle of a fishing ...
... killed as required . The most instantaneous and effectual way of doing this is to give them two or three sharp ' flips ' with the finger , or , in the case of large baits , taps with a small stick , or else the handle of a fishing ...
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... killed as before described , in the folds of a soft damp cloth a housemaid's duster answers the purpose very well— which should be remoistened whenever it shows symptoms of dryness . I would recommend this method , in preference to the ...
... killed as before described , in the folds of a soft damp cloth a housemaid's duster answers the purpose very well— which should be remoistened whenever it shows symptoms of dryness . I would recommend this method , in preference to the ...
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... kill pike , not by any means so well as when fresh , but well enough probably to make a basket in most waters the occupants of ... killing bait , whether salted or fresh . Perhaps I used it at different seasons of the year BAITS AND BAIT ...
... kill pike , not by any means so well as when fresh , but well enough probably to make a basket in most waters the occupants of ... killing bait , whether salted or fresh . Perhaps I used it at different seasons of the year BAITS AND BAIT ...
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... killed the eel , which is most easily and humanely accomplished by dashing it down upon the floor or upon a stone , make a circular incision through the skin below the pectoral fin . This is best done by passing the blade of a sharp ...
... killed the eel , which is most easily and humanely accomplished by dashing it down upon the floor or upon a stone , make a circular incision through the skin below the pectoral fin . This is best done by passing the blade of a sharp ...
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...