Rural SportsLongman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1813 |
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Seite 32
... birds of prey not seldom quarry upon their masters : besides , those Recreations are more subject to choler and passion , by how much those creatures exceed a hook or line in worth ; and indeed in those Exercises our pleasure de- pends ...
... birds of prey not seldom quarry upon their masters : besides , those Recreations are more subject to choler and passion , by how much those creatures exceed a hook or line in worth ; and indeed in those Exercises our pleasure de- pends ...
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... Birds employs , Which , by their well - known Voice and treach'rous noise , Allure their Fellows and invite to share Their Fate , entangled in the viscous Snare ; So Fish , when taken , other Fish allure ; Who , seeing them , grow ...
... Birds employs , Which , by their well - known Voice and treach'rous noise , Allure their Fellows and invite to share Their Fate , entangled in the viscous Snare ; So Fish , when taken , other Fish allure ; Who , seeing them , grow ...
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... Birds , and Fishes , of Prey , and those of each Genus de- signed for the Sustenance of Man , is obvious . The Lion : and the Sheep ; the Hawk : and the Hen , -the Shark : and the Herring , are severally , in their Kinds , Instances of ...
... Birds , and Fishes , of Prey , and those of each Genus de- signed for the Sustenance of Man , is obvious . The Lion : and the Sheep ; the Hawk : and the Hen , -the Shark : and the Herring , are severally , in their Kinds , Instances of ...
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... Birds therein doth breath . And yet the Fire consum'd the Bridg , Not far from place of landing ; And though the Building was full big , It fell down not with standing . And eke into the Water fell , So many pewter Dishes ; That a Man ...
... Birds therein doth breath . And yet the Fire consum'd the Bridg , Not far from place of landing ; And though the Building was full big , It fell down not with standing . And eke into the Water fell , So many pewter Dishes ; That a Man ...
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... Birds to fill their hungry Maw , And on their kind to rush with greedy Jaw . The Eel devours the smaller finny train , And Smelts , and Gudgeons , seek the Shore in vain . In Bulk with Years while others Fishes rise , Why Gudgeons ...
... Birds to fill their hungry Maw , And on their kind to rush with greedy Jaw . The Eel devours the smaller finny train , And Smelts , and Gudgeons , seek the Shore in vain . In Bulk with Years while others Fishes rise , Why Gudgeons ...
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2d Edit Acres Angler Animal Anno appears Art of Angling Bait Birds Bite Boat caught COLONSAY Colour Country Defendant died Dish ditto Dogs Earl Eggs ENGLAND Expence feet Fish Fishermen Fishery five Food four Fowl fyshe Game Gamekeeper Gentleman Ground Guineas Hare Head Herefordshire Hook Horse Hounds Hours House Hundred Hunting Hydrophobia inches Inhabitants JOHN killed KING Labour Lady Lakes Land late length Lond LONDON Lord Lord ELLENBOROUGH Love Mad-dog Manor Market ment Miles Name never Number o'er observed Oyster Parish Partridges Penalty pence Person Pheasants Pike Plaintiff Pleasure pounds Price produced Quadrupeds Quantity Rabbits racter Reign remarkable River River Eden River THAMES Rock Salmon says SCOTLAND Season seven Sheep shew Shillings Ship shooting Shore shot sold Species Sport Stone Stream Tail taken thou Thousand tion Trout Turkeys Twenty Water Woodcocks young
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Seite 650 - 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.
Seite 422 - 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...
Seite 678 - 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, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay.
Seite 678 - Springlets in the dawn are steaming, Diamonds on the brake are gleaming; And foresters have busy been To track the buck in thicket green; Now we come to chant our lay 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Seite 100 - 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.
Seite 523 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Seite 290 - Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow ? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow ? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Seite 506 - Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shows him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses.
Seite 242 - Virtue ! when thy clime I seek, Let not my spirit's flight be weak : Let me not, like this feeble thing, With brine still dropping from its wing, Just sparkle in the solar glow And plunge again to depths below. But, when I leave the grosser throng With whom my soul hath dwelt so long, Let me, in that aspiring day, Cast every lingering stain away, And, panting for thy purer air, Fly up at once and fix me there.
Seite 99 - IF all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love.