 To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Nature guide thee; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require: The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail....  The Complete Angler - Seite 189von Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1854 - 309 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1797 - 420 Seiten
...female pride: Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; 180 The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor...: Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And ev'ry fur promote the fisher's art. So the gay lady, with expensive care, Borrows the pride of land,... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1804 - 208 Seiten
...wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor ttie dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird...tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wing : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art. GAT, THE... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 508 Seiten
...infeft proper wings : Silks of all colours muft their aid impart. lit And every (ur promote the fifher's art. So the gay lady, with expensive care Borrows the pride of land, of fea, of air : Furs, pearls, and plumes, the glittering thing dilplays Dazzles our eyes, and eafy hearts... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1808 - 204 Seiten
...female pride. Let Nature euide thee : sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor...aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art. GAY. J THE COMPLETE FLY-FISHER, CHAP. I. 'Observations concerning Artificial-Fly-Angling, with proper... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1808 - 210 Seiten
...female pride. Let Nature guide thee : sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor...tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wing* : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art GAY. THE... | |
 | John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 Seiten
...pride : Let Nature gnide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; 180 The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Eaoh gaudy hird some slender tribute brings, Vud lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 Seiten
...female pride : Let nature guide thee : sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor...fur promote the fisher's art. So the gay lady, with excessive care, Borrows the pride of land, of sea, and air: Furs, pearls, and plumes, the glitt'ring... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchace a Printer, weary of his life, Learn from theirbooks...to hang himself and wife? This, this, my friend, wiu&s : Silks of all colors must their aid impart, And ev'ry fur promote the fisher's art. So the gay... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 Seiten
...female pride ; Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor...tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wines: Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's artSo the gay... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 Seiten
...female pride ; Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden vire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail. Nor...tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And (ends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart. And every fur promote... | |
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