The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical Treatise on that Branch of the Art of Angling; with Plain and Copious Instructions for the Manufacture of Artificial FliesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 186 sider |
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Side 1
... never did ; ' and so , if I might be judge , God never did make a more calm , quiet , innocent recreation than angling . " - IZAAC WALTON . GLORIOUS old Izaac ! What delightful thoughts - what poetical imaginings — the bare mention of ...
... never did ; ' and so , if I might be judge , God never did make a more calm , quiet , innocent recreation than angling . " - IZAAC WALTON . GLORIOUS old Izaac ! What delightful thoughts - what poetical imaginings — the bare mention of ...
Side 2
... which is peculiar to his fascinating pastime ? " God never did make a more calm , quiet , innocent recreation than angling , ” — let cavillers and those who have no acquaintance or sympathy with rural 2 OUR FATHER IZAAC .
... which is peculiar to his fascinating pastime ? " God never did make a more calm , quiet , innocent recreation than angling , ” — let cavillers and those who have no acquaintance or sympathy with rural 2 OUR FATHER IZAAC .
Side 18
... never changes its abode from the fresh water . The size of river trout , which , in a general sense , is characteristic of neither species nor variety , varies considerably in different localities and under different circumstances . In ...
... never changes its abode from the fresh water . The size of river trout , which , in a general sense , is characteristic of neither species nor variety , varies considerably in different localities and under different circumstances . In ...
Side 19
... must have been supplied from the neighbouring tributary brooks , in which a trout above six inches long is perhaps never seen ; and they afford additional proof - if such were wanting - of the physical c 2 SIZE OF TROUT . 19.
... must have been supplied from the neighbouring tributary brooks , in which a trout above six inches long is perhaps never seen ; and they afford additional proof - if such were wanting - of the physical c 2 SIZE OF TROUT . 19.
Side 39
... never come in contact with one another , or with the obstacles which we constantly see them avoid : but it certainly would be a strange anomaly if fish - the motions of which are still more rapid than those of birds - should also escape ...
... never come in contact with one another , or with the obstacles which we constantly see them avoid : but it certainly would be a strange anomaly if fish - the motions of which are still more rapid than those of birds - should also escape ...
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The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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