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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... wind , on a good sized reel or winch pretty large in the round ; or you may wind on any old line or fine cord , and , when nearly full on , the reel will more quickly wind up and run out . Let it taper as fine as you can get it , so as ...
... wind , on a good sized reel or winch pretty large in the round ; or you may wind on any old line or fine cord , and , when nearly full on , the reel will more quickly wind up and run out . Let it taper as fine as you can get it , so as ...
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... wind or walking over your ground ; also rather thick than thin ; for , at the water - side , it is better to be warm than cold ; and , if the day be warm , you can leave off your waistcoat . I prefer a Tweed hat to a cap when fishing ...
... wind or walking over your ground ; also rather thick than thin ; for , at the water - side , it is better to be warm than cold ; and , if the day be warm , you can leave off your waistcoat . I prefer a Tweed hat to a cap when fishing ...
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... winds through it , and it is no more a lang road . Supposing you have taken your seat in the carriage , do not , gentle youths , stray in pleasure - paths , and turn aside to minor waters about Tynehead or Heriot , but go on gladly and ...
... winds through it , and it is no more a lang road . Supposing you have taken your seat in the carriage , do not , gentle youths , stray in pleasure - paths , and turn aside to minor waters about Tynehead or Heriot , but go on gladly and ...
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... wind on your back , and fish up the stream in all cases , as it will only do in clear water and sunshine , at least , that is its best time . Rather jerk it forward , and do not fish with a line longer than your rod ; and if you have a ...
... wind on your back , and fish up the stream in all cases , as it will only do in clear water and sunshine , at least , that is its best time . Rather jerk it forward , and do not fish with a line longer than your rod ; and if you have a ...
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... Wind can Blaw , ' the concluding line of the verse , ' And all her paths are peace . ' 1 There was a good place for shelter , or ham and egg near a Mrs Hogg's . They say that you are now challenged if you fish 56 TWEED .
... Wind can Blaw , ' the concluding line of the verse , ' And all her paths are peace . ' 1 There was a good place for shelter , or ham and egg near a Mrs Hogg's . They say that you are now challenged if you fish 56 TWEED .
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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!