Tweed and Don; Or, Recollections and Reflections of an Angler for the Last Fifty Years ...W.P. Nimmo, 1860 - 152 Seiten |
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... miles above . There are some fine streams between Innerleithen and Peebles ; and , on a space of water , say a distance of one mile , I have counted , on one side alone , ten or twelve redds . To those who know little of this most ...
... miles above . There are some fine streams between Innerleithen and Peebles ; and , on a space of water , say a distance of one mile , I have counted , on one side alone , ten or twelve redds . To those who know little of this most ...
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... miles , you can rest and be thankful at Tibby Shiels ( now Mrs Richard- son ) , and you will , no doubt , find yourself com- fortable there , and feel yourselves , like old Isaak and his friends , in clean beds with sheets smell- ing ...
... miles , you can rest and be thankful at Tibby Shiels ( now Mrs Richard- son ) , and you will , no doubt , find yourself com- fortable there , and feel yourselves , like old Isaak and his friends , in clean beds with sheets smell- ing ...
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... miles . I once took this road and thought it would never have an end . ' Gif way to heaven be sic a road , I'll sit me down and weary . ' Old song . At Roxburgh , the remains of the castle are only seen . Here it was that James II . of ...
... miles . I once took this road and thought it would never have an end . ' Gif way to heaven be sic a road , I'll sit me down and weary . ' Old song . At Roxburgh , the remains of the castle are only seen . Here it was that James II . of ...
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... miles a day . In ordinary fishing , you should never go less than two or three miles an hour ; for , if you can only occasionally hie to the river - side for health and recreation , it is amazing how much you can get over , being fresh ...
... miles a day . In ordinary fishing , you should never go less than two or three miles an hour ; for , if you can only occasionally hie to the river - side for health and recreation , it is amazing how much you can get over , being fresh ...
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... miles a - foot to kiss the hand of the man who pretended not to criticise his author . ' By the same rule , he would now go five hundred . Thus do our senses change our ideas , and they , in their turn , lead us up to higher ones still ...
... miles a - foot to kiss the hand of the man who pretended not to criticise his author . ' By the same rule , he would now go five hundred . Thus do our senses change our ideas , and they , in their turn , lead us up to higher ones still ...
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Seite 65 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Seite 129 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !
Seite 75 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Seite 23 - But ye whom social pleasure charms, Whose hearts the tide of kindness warms, Who hold your being on the terms,
Seite 11 - he at the best hathe his holsom Walk and mery at his Ease, a swete Ayre of the swete Savour of the Meade of Flowers, that maketh him hungry ; he heareth the melodious Harmonie of Fowles, he seeth the young Swans, Herons, Ducks, Cotes, and manie other Fowles, with theire Broods, which me seemeth better than alle the Noise of Hounds, Faukenors, and Fowlers can make. And if the Angler take Fysshe, then there is noe Man merrier than he is in his Spryte.
Seite 55 - At Roxburgh, the remains of the castle are only seen. Here it was that James II. of Scotland was killed in 1460, by the bursting of a cannon, made probably from the trunk of a tree, and hooped all round with iron. IJielso. Kelso is situated on the Tweed, in the very heart of fishing ground, near its confluence with the Teviot, a capital trouting river. It has a very fine ruin of a monastery, and a beautiful bridge over the Tweed. The Duke of...
Seite 11 - ... short as it was, and hungry as hawks. Ah ! how happy is the angler ! as Sir Thomas More says, ' If his sport should fail him, he at the least hath his holsom walk, and, mery at his ease, a swete ayre of the swete savour of the meade of flowers that maketh him hungry: he heareth the melodious harmonie of fowles ; he seeth the young swans, herons, ducks, cotes, and many other fowles.
Seite 64 - Through skies, where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ; The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence, with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in aught believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown.
Seite 91 - O to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth.
Seite 62 - He also imagined that as many carriages and people would be passing his windows as when he stood at the door of his house. But now, where was he!— On the bounds of eternity ! 'Awful thought!' said he to himself ; ' were I to jump a yard or perhaps stir a foot, I might never again be heard of, my address being known only to myaelf; and having no relations, my goods and chattels, what would become of them in all the world!