The Complete Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds Fish and FishingChatto and Windus, 1875 - 525 páginas |
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... observations on his art , and adverts to the prevalent fashion of women placing patches on their faces , of which custom he does not seem to disapprove he says that " when the trout or salmon is in season , they have at their first ...
... observations on his art , and adverts to the prevalent fashion of women placing patches on their faces , of which custom he does not seem to disapprove he says that " when the trout or salmon is in season , they have at their first ...
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... observations , wherewith he stuffs his indigested octavo ; so brings himself under the angler's censure , and the ... observed . And this slimy substance adhering to her legs , & c . , and she mounting the air for another station , in ...
... observations , wherewith he stuffs his indigested octavo ; so brings himself under the angler's censure , and the ... observed . And this slimy substance adhering to her legs , & c . , and she mounting the air for another station , in ...
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... observed : - " In the south cloister of Winchester Cathedral is , or was very lately , a monument to a John Chalkhill of that very period , a fellow of Winchester College , whose character , as given in the inscription , singularly ...
... observed : - " In the south cloister of Winchester Cathedral is , or was very lately , a monument to a John Chalkhill of that very period , a fellow of Winchester College , whose character , as given in the inscription , singularly ...
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... observed that two letters on political affairs , the one written in 1678 , and the other in 1679 , have been attributed to Walton . But as the fact of their having been written by him is not fully established , it is desirable to ...
... observed that two letters on political affairs , the one written in 1678 , and the other in 1679 , have been attributed to Walton . But as the fact of their having been written by him is not fully established , it is desirable to ...
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... observed that they are both signed " R. W. , " instead of " J. W. , " or with Walton's more usual abbreviation of his names , " Iz . Wa . ; " that no other instance is known of his having used an imaginary signature ; and that as the ...
... observed that they are both signed " R. W. , " instead of " J. W. , " or with Walton's more usual abbreviation of his names , " Iz . Wa . ; " that no other instance is known of his having used an imaginary signature ; and that as the ...
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a-fishing alluded Angling appears April Aston bait Baptized Beresford Bishop Born breed brother buried Carp catch Chalkhill Charles Cotton Chub Church Cokayne Complete Angler Coridon cousin CRANMER dated daughter Died unmarried discourse Dr Donne edition Eels Elizabeth excellent executor father fish FLOUD George give happy hath Herbert honest honour hook Hooker Izaak Walton JOHN WALTON King learned Letters of administration Lichfield living London Lord married Mary master Memoir mentioned Morley observed parish person Pike Piscator Poems poor praise printed Proved at Lichfield reader RICHARD WALTON river Salisbury Cathedral Salmon Sanderson says scholar sing Sir Henry Wotton sister song Stafford tell thee Thomas THOMAS CRANMER Thomas Ken THOMAS WALTON thou Trout VARIATION Venator verses Vide whilst widow wife William Hawkins WILLIAM WALTON Winchester Winchester Cathedral write written Zouch
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