Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Volumen61885 |
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Página ix
... 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 - stream fly- fishing , as contrasted with the time - honoured plan.
... 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 - stream fly- fishing , as contrasted with the time - honoured plan.
Página x
... streams and rivers north of the Tweed , ' for I believe there is not a word in the book about the rivers or lakes of England , Ireland , or Wales , or how to catch trout in them . I say this in no disparagement of the author or his ...
... streams and rivers north of the Tweed , ' for I believe there is not a word in the book about the rivers or lakes of England , Ireland , or Wales , or how to catch trout in them . I say this in no disparagement of the author or his ...
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... streams of the northern and midland States ; the Long Island Pickerel ( Esox fasciatus ) , probably confined to that locality ; the white Pickerel ( Esox vittatus ) , the black Pickerel ( Esox niger ) , and Esox phaleratus , all three ...
... streams of the northern and midland States ; the Long Island Pickerel ( Esox fasciatus ) , probably confined to that locality ; the white Pickerel ( Esox vittatus ) , the black Pickerel ( Esox niger ) , and Esox phaleratus , all three ...
Página 41
... stream with a small pronged dinner - fork in your hand and turn up the likely - looking stones . You will soon see when you have disturbed a loach , and , as he never swims beyond a few feet at a time , if , indeed , he does not remain ...
... stream with a small pronged dinner - fork in your hand and turn up the likely - looking stones . You will soon see when you have disturbed a loach , and , as he never swims beyond a few feet at a time , if , indeed , he does not remain ...
Página 42
... stream , if practicable in a box not less than two or three feet square with free gratings in several places , and specially at both ends , the grated ends being anchored up and down stream . The upper portions of the box , also ...
... stream , if practicable in a box not less than two or three feet square with free gratings in several places , and specially at both ends , the grated ends being anchored up and down stream . The upper portions of the box , also ...
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...