Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Volumen61885 |
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Página vii
... on any of the subjects dealt with will find the results of many years ' experience written by men who are in every case adepts at the Sport or Pastime of which they write . It is to point the way to success to those who are ignorant.
... on any of the subjects dealt with will find the results of many years ' experience written by men who are in every case adepts at the Sport or Pastime of which they write . It is to point the way to success to those who are ignorant.
Página xvi
... , so - called , are very apt to produce results the opposite of improved ! This is specially true as regards bends of hooks , and the proportions of spinning flights . FISHIN G. PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH . INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
... , so - called , are very apt to produce results the opposite of improved ! This is specially true as regards bends of hooks , and the proportions of spinning flights . FISHIN G. PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH . INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
Página 8
... result of greater advances , than on the all - important item of the rod . That so far at least as trolling- rods are concerned there was plently of room for improvement may be gathered from the receipt given for the construction of a ...
... result of greater advances , than on the all - important item of the rod . That so far at least as trolling- rods are concerned there was plently of room for improvement may be gathered from the receipt given for the construction of a ...
Página 13
... results of some pains and trouble bestowed on the subject by the late Mr. Frank Buckland and myself . The merit of this invention is the avoidance of all projec- tions over which the line would or could possibly ' hitch ' itself . It is ...
... results of some pains and trouble bestowed on the subject by the late Mr. Frank Buckland and myself . The merit of this invention is the avoidance of all projec- tions over which the line would or could possibly ' hitch ' itself . It is ...
Página 15
... results from well - drawn tubing : but it often happens ( too often ) that the tube and its correcter do not fit with that nice accuracy which is essential . In such case what does the ferrule - maker do ? I will tell you , he anneals ...
... results from well - drawn tubing : but it often happens ( too often ) that the tube and its correcter do not fit with that nice accuracy which is essential . In such case what does the ferrule - maker do ? I will tell you , he anneals ...
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...