 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - 1775 - 620 стор.
...than any Hawk you have named, and nibre watchful and timorous than your high mettled Merlin is bold ? and yet, I doubt not to catch a- brace or two to-morrow, for a friend's breakfaft : doubt not therefore, Sit, but that angling is an art, and an art worth your learning :... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 490 стор.
...than any Hawk you have named, and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled Merlin is bold;1 and yet, I doubt not to catch a brace or two to-morrow,...for angling is. somewhat like poetry, men are to be bom so : I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice :... | |
 | 1822 - 592 стор.
...are born to angling, as they arc to poetry, and that without a genius for it they cannot succeed ; " for angling is somewhat like poetry, — men are to be born so." Finally, he has little doubt that a person thus gifted is equally capable of all other good works.... | |
 | 1822 - 600 стор.
...are born to angling, as they are to poetry, and that without a genius for it they cannot succeed ; " for angling is somewhat like poetry, — men are to be born so." Finally, he has little doubt that a person thus gifted is equally capable of all other good works.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 612 стор.
...are born to angling, as they are to poetry, and that without a genius for it they cannot succeed ; " for angling is somewhat like poetry, — men are to be born so." Finally, he has little doubt that a person thus gifted is equally capable of all other good works.... | |
 | 1823 - 858 стор.
...than any Hawk you have named, and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled Merlin is bold ? and yet, I doubt not to catch a brace or two to-morrow,...for Angling is somewhat like Poetry, men are to be bom go : I mean with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice ;... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 стор.
...Cowper. fctrtfis. Bishop (George) Morley, 1597 Cheapside. John David Michaelis, 1717 Halle. Do not doubt but that angling is an art, and an art worth your...angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so, and must not only bring an inquiring, observing wit, but also a large measure of hope and patience.... | |
 | 1833 - 388 стор.
...sharp-sighted than any hawk, and more watchful and timorous than the highmettled Merlin is bold. — Doubt not, therefore, Sir, but that angling is an art, and an art worth learning ; the question is, [mark this, Mr. Cynic) — whether you are capable of learning it. For... | |
 | John Lavicount Anderdon - 1845 - 254 стор.
...brace or two of fronts tomorrow for a friend's breakfast.' ' Doubt not, therefore,' he says, « but angling is an art, and an art worth your learning — the question is rather, whether you can be capable of learning it? for angling is something like poetry — men are to be born so — I... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1856 - 378 стор.
...disorder badly, sir, I see — I have taken the infection already. Iza. I do rejoice thereat. Doubt not but that angling is an art, and an art worth your learning — nay, the question is rather whether you be capable of learning it. Izaak's ward, Anne Evelyn, and... | |
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O sir, doubt not but that angling is an art. Is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly ? a trout that is more sharp-sighted than any hawk you have named, and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled merlin is bold ! and yet I... 
