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The Dialogue, which is extended by one hundred pages of new matter, is
sustained by three, instead of two persons ; namely, an angler, a hunter, and a
falconer, under the names of Piscator, Venator, and Auceps. " Viator," who was
the ...
The Dialogue, which is extended by one hundred pages of new matter, is
sustained by three, instead of two persons ; namely, an angler, a hunter, and a
falconer, under the names of Piscator, Venator, and Auceps. " Viator," who was
the ...
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They agree to proceed together, and Venator observes, in answer to Piscator,
that a little business and more pleasure was the occasion of his journey, for after
devoting that day to the former, he intended to bestow another day or two in ...
They agree to proceed together, and Venator observes, in answer to Piscator,
that a little business and more pleasure was the occasion of his journey, for after
devoting that day to the former, he intended to bestow another day or two in ...
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Venator then proposes that Piscator should meet him on the morrow, and spend
that day in otter-hunting ; upon which condition he would pass the two ensuing
days with Piscator, and "do nothing but angle and talk of fish and fishing."
Piscator ...
Venator then proposes that Piscator should meet him on the morrow, and spend
that day in otter-hunting ; upon which condition he would pass the two ensuing
days with Piscator, and "do nothing but angle and talk of fish and fishing."
Piscator ...
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Piscator catches a chub, and conducts Venator " to an honest alehouse, where
they would find a cleanly room, lavender in the windows, and twenty ballads
stuck about the wall," the hostess of which, who was " cleanly, and handsome,
and ...
Piscator catches a chub, and conducts Venator " to an honest alehouse, where
they would find a cleanly room, lavender in the windows, and twenty ballads
stuck about the wall," the hostess of which, who was " cleanly, and handsome,
and ...
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brother " was merely used to denote a member of the fraternity of Anglers, as
Piscator speaks of his friend's wishing to be " a brother of the angle ; " and Peter
shortly afterwards drinks to his "young brother's good fortune" on the morrow.
brother " was merely used to denote a member of the fraternity of Anglers, as
Piscator speaks of his friend's wishing to be " a brother of the angle ; " and Peter
shortly afterwards drinks to his "young brother's good fortune" on the morrow.
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| Título | The Complete Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds Fish and Fishing |
| Autor | Izaak Walton |
| Traducido por | Charles Cotton |
| Editor | Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
| Procedencia del original | la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 22 May 2007 |
| N.º de páginas | 320 páginas |
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