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... eye . He sets but up little Sayles , because he would not bee discovered who he is , yea , many times no Sail at all , but he trusts to the Finnes , his Oares . The youthfuller sort of Pikes , whom through familiarity they call Jacks ...
... eye . He sets but up little Sayles , because he would not bee discovered who he is , yea , many times no Sail at all , but he trusts to the Finnes , his Oares . The youthfuller sort of Pikes , whom through familiarity they call Jacks ...
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... eyes , Semblant of life , with speckled wings so gay ; Then , slyly nibbling , prudish from it flies , 1 ' Till with a bouncing Start she bites the truthless Prize . Ah , then the Younker gives the fatefull twitch ; Struck with amaze ...
... eyes , Semblant of life , with speckled wings so gay ; Then , slyly nibbling , prudish from it flies , 1 ' Till with a bouncing Start she bites the truthless Prize . Ah , then the Younker gives the fatefull twitch ; Struck with amaze ...
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... Eyes , And in a fillet her fair Tresses lies . While in this Solitude she thus remains , And dies her beauteous Face with various stains ; It chanc'd the robber LUCIUS , thro ' the shade , With eager eyes perceived the lonely maid ; He ...
... Eyes , And in a fillet her fair Tresses lies . While in this Solitude she thus remains , And dies her beauteous Face with various stains ; It chanc'd the robber LUCIUS , thro ' the shade , With eager eyes perceived the lonely maid ; He ...
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... Eyes , The sportive battles of the watʼry breed , And swiftly swimming makes the Warriors bleed . Then heaps in secret Caverns on the shore , The Fish half eaten and besmear'd with gore . Snares for this Beast , and gins , let others ...
... Eyes , The sportive battles of the watʼry breed , And swiftly swimming makes the Warriors bleed . Then heaps in secret Caverns on the shore , The Fish half eaten and besmear'd with gore . Snares for this Beast , and gins , let others ...
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... Eyes , What female Heart but may by Youth be gain'd ? And Beauty in the Boys that still remain'd Like a fair Flow'r which yielding to the Share Reclines its drooping Head , but still continues fair . How credulous is Love * ! they see ...
... Eyes , What female Heart but may by Youth be gain'd ? And Beauty in the Boys that still remain'd Like a fair Flow'r which yielding to the Share Reclines its drooping Head , but still continues fair . How credulous is Love * ! they see ...
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2d Edit Account Acres Angler Animal Anno appears Art of Angling Bait Birds Bite Boat caught COLONSAY Colour Country Defendant died Dishes ditto Dogs Earl Eggs ENGLAND Expence FAWDON feet Fish Fishery Fishmongers five Food four Fowl fyshe Game Gamekeeper Gentleman Ground Gudgeon Guineas Hare haue Hook Horse Hounds Hours House Hundred Hunting Hydrophobia inches Inhabitants John killed KING Labour Lady Lakes Land late length lived Lond LONDON Lord Love Mad-dog Manor Market Miles Name never Number o'er observed Oyster Parish Partridges Penalty pence Person Pheasants Pike Plaintiff Pleasure Possession pounds Price produced Quadrupeds Quantity Rabbits Reign remarkable River River Eden River THAMES Salmon says SCOTLAND Season seven Sheep shew Shillings Ship shooting Shore shot sold Species Sport Stone Stream Tail taken THAMES thou Thousand tion Trout Turkeys Twenty Water WILLIAM Woodcocks WORM young
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Page 450 - And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat: that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Page 470 - You shall see him brought to bay ; " Waken, lords and ladies gay! " Louder, louder, chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ! Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we ; Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Staunch as hound, and fleet as hawk ? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay...
Page 79 - The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break...
Page 73 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 208 - Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross divides the weekly bread : He feeds yon alms-house, neat, but void of state, Where Age and Want sit smiling at the gate ; Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes, and gives.
Page 353 - Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shews him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses.
Page 78 - With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love.
Page 5 - The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. BEING A DISCOURSE OF FISH AND FISHING not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. Simon Peter said, I go a fishing : and they said, we also -will go with thee.
Page 297 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 63 - Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t" embrace, And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war and wantonness. Let them that list these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill ; So I the fields and meadows green may view, And daily by fresh rivers walk at will Among the daisies and the violets blue, Red hyacinth and yellow daffodil, Purple narcissus like the morning rays, Pale gander-grass and azure culver-keys.