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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... perhaps , in life , is to have a pursuit , a useful one if possible , and at all events an innocent one . Though I do not expect , like our arch - patriarch Walton , to number ninety years and past , yet I hope , as long as I can enjoy ...
... perhaps , in life , is to have a pursuit , a useful one if possible , and at all events an innocent one . Though I do not expect , like our arch - patriarch Walton , to number ninety years and past , yet I hope , as long as I can enjoy ...
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... In the following pages , therefore , the instructions for making artificial flies , and the illustrations by which they are accompanied , will , perhaps , be recognised as the most promi- nent , if not the most important , of these A 3.
... In the following pages , therefore , the instructions for making artificial flies , and the illustrations by which they are accompanied , will , perhaps , be recognised as the most promi- nent , if not the most important , of these A 3.
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... perhaps will prove a not unfitting introduction to our more dry , but we hope not useless , chapters . Down far , far into one of the most picturesque parts of the country - away from the bustle and gaiety of city life — is nestled a ...
... perhaps will prove a not unfitting introduction to our more dry , but we hope not useless , chapters . Down far , far into one of the most picturesque parts of the country - away from the bustle and gaiety of city life — is nestled a ...
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... perhaps , surrounded by its park and groves ; and , far beyond , is the extreme distance , where the hills look blue and undefined , and seem to melt into the cloudy sky . At their back , on the highest point of the range of hills which ...
... perhaps , surrounded by its park and groves ; and , far beyond , is the extreme distance , where the hills look blue and undefined , and seem to melt into the cloudy sky . At their back , on the highest point of the range of hills which ...
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... death of a moorhen , admirably " found " by the canine favourites , and perhaps half frightened into their jaws by the almost frantic shoutings of the bipeds . But " revenons à nous moutons " is at length 10 A DAY'S FLY - FISHING .
... death of a moorhen , admirably " found " by the canine favourites , and perhaps half frightened into their jaws by the almost frantic shoutings of the bipeds . But " revenons à nous moutons " is at length 10 A DAY'S FLY - FISHING .
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The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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