Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Volumen61885 |
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Página ix
... perhaps eventually break- ing away altogether from old tradition and founding a cult of their own . Thus the late Mr. W. C. Stewart , a lawyer of Edinburgh and a ' famous fisher ' of the North , may probably be called the apostle of up ...
... perhaps eventually break- ing away altogether from old tradition and founding a cult of their own . Thus the late Mr. W. C. Stewart , a lawyer of Edinburgh and a ' famous fisher ' of the North , may probably be called the apostle of up ...
Página xi
... perhaps you are in the very act of sharpening your scalping - knife ' ) , I do nothing of the sort ; and though it is true I have graduated ' in most kinds of fishing , from sticklebacks upwards , there are many subjects germane to ...
... perhaps you are in the very act of sharpening your scalping - knife ' ) , I do nothing of the sort ; and though it is true I have graduated ' in most kinds of fishing , from sticklebacks upwards , there are many subjects germane to ...
Página xiii
... perhaps , less attractive to the general angling public than to the enthusiastic student -- I hope the other part of the pro- gramme laid down by the Editor has not been over- looked , and that the following pages will be found to be ...
... perhaps , less attractive to the general angling public than to the enthusiastic student -- I hope the other part of the pro- gramme laid down by the Editor has not been over- looked , and that the following pages will be found to be ...
Página 1
... perhaps , the great body of fishermen , for the second part of the title of the present volume . The term ' coarse fish ' has been adopted because it seems to be that most generally used and understood , and , there- fore , best ...
... perhaps , the great body of fishermen , for the second part of the title of the present volume . The term ' coarse fish ' has been adopted because it seems to be that most generally used and understood , and , there- fore , best ...
Página 10
... perhaps , few veteran anglers could be found to dissent from the following lines in which Stoddart has given expression to the sentiment : - THE OLD WAND . : - The wand that hath done service fair , From thy boyhood to thy prime ...
... perhaps , few veteran anglers could be found to dissent from the following lines in which Stoddart has given expression to the sentiment : - THE OLD WAND . : - The wand that hath done service fair , From thy boyhood to thy prime ...
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...