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... taken of very great size in the Tiber ; but it has been doubted by naturalists whether this fish -the Esox of Pliny - is synonymous with the Esox , or pike , of modern ichthyology . One of the earliest writers by whom the Pike is ...
... taken of very great size in the Tiber ; but it has been doubted by naturalists whether this fish -the Esox of Pliny - is synonymous with the Esox , or pike , of modern ichthyology . One of the earliest writers by whom the Pike is ...
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... taken from a cane about as thick as a man's wrist . This is split up into narrow slips , and these slips , when planed and smoothed down , become the solid grained - looking pieces of wood constantly forming the upper splices of top ...
... taken from a cane about as thick as a man's wrist . This is split up into narrow slips , and these slips , when planed and smoothed down , become the solid grained - looking pieces of wood constantly forming the upper splices of top ...
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... taken place as to the merits of catechu , indiarubber , and other waterproof dressings , especially 1 3rd Edit . Routledge and Co. , Broadway , Ludgate Hill . in securing greater durability ; and I shall hope at PIKE - TACKLE . 23.
... taken place as to the merits of catechu , indiarubber , and other waterproof dressings , especially 1 3rd Edit . Routledge and Co. , Broadway , Ludgate Hill . in securing greater durability ; and I shall hope at PIKE - TACKLE . 23.
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... Here is another ' receipt for waterproofing lines , ' taken from ' Chitty's Fly - fishing Text - book ' : I have never tried it , but on the principle of variatio delectat , some of my readers 24 PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH .
... Here is another ' receipt for waterproofing lines , ' taken from ' Chitty's Fly - fishing Text - book ' : I have never tried it , but on the principle of variatio delectat , some of my readers 24 PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH .
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... taken before greasing the hair of the beard , and it is possible that there may be some analogous effect produced on silk under particular conditions , even when the oil is not heated beyond the proper temperature . Be this as it may ...
... taken before greasing the hair of the beard , and it is possible that there may be some analogous effect produced on silk under particular conditions , even when the oil is not heated beyond the proper temperature . Be this as it may ...
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...