 The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing. insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's...  The Modern Fisher: Or, Driffield Angler ... - Seite 91von Alexander Mackintosh - 1815 - 249 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 Seiten
...brings, Vud lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, 185 And every fur promote the fisher's art. So the gay...displays, Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays. 190 Mark well the various seasons of the year, How the succeeding insect-race appear ; In this revolving... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Salter - 1815 - 422 Seiten
...promote the fisher's art. So the gay lady, with expensive care, Borrows the pride of land, of sea, of air — Furs, pearls, and plumes the glittering thing...displays. Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays. CHAP. XXXV. A LIST OF PALMERS,* OR HACKLE FLIES, WITH AND WITHOUT WINGS, FOR FLY-FISHING IN EVERY MONTH... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 Seiten
...promote the fisher's art : So the gay lady, with expensive care, Borrows the pride of land, of sea, of air; Furs, pearls, and plumes, the glittering thing...displays, Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays I We now returned to our inn to dinner, where a trout and a grayling made a part of the repast ; and... | |
 | 1819 - 426 Seiten
...fisher's art. So the gay lady with expensive care Borrows the pride of land, of sea, of air, Furs, pearls, plumes, the glittering thing displays, Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays. The maritime plants which flow«r in July, are the club rush (scirpus maritimus), bearded cat's tail... | |
 | Alexander Mackintosh - 1821 - 264 Seiten
...MAKING FLIES. ri^O frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; Let nature guide thee, sometimes golden wire, The shining...displays, Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays. GAV. To make the useful artificial flies, furnish yourself with a pocket-case, that has many partitions... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 Seiten
...the curious fly. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Nature guide thee; sometimes golden wire The shining...displays, Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays. Mark well the various seasons of the year, How the succeeding insect-race appear; In this revolving... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 490 Seiten
...promote the fisher's art: So the gay lady, with expensive care, Borrows the pride of land, of sea, of air; Furs, pearls, and plumes, the glittering thing...displays, Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays." f While I listen to thy voice, Chloris, I feel my life decay ; That powerful noise Calls my fleeting... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Salter - 1825 - 436 Seiten
...promote the fisher's art. So the gay lady, with expensive care, Borrows the pride of laud, of sea, of air — Furs, pearls, and plumes the glittering thing...displays, Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays. CHAP. III. A List of Palmers, or Hackle Flies, with and without Wings, for Fly-fishing in every Month... | |
 | John Gay - 1826 - 376 Seiten
...insect proper wings : Silka of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the nsher's art. So the gay lady, with expensive care, Borrows...displays, Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays. Mark well the various seasons of the year, How the succeeding insect race appear; In this revolving... | |
 | John S. Skinner, Editor. - 1826 - 438 Seiten
...colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art. So the gay lady, with excessive care, Borrows the pride of land, of sea and air: Furs,...displays, Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays. When a brisk gale against the current blows, And all the watery plain in wrinkles flows, Thea let the... | |
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