O'er Crag and Torrent with Rod and Gun, Shooting and FishingEverett, 1904 - 261 strán (strany) |
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Strana 34
... the keenest enjoyment as they winded the chain . Arthur , who had been posted at the Weir , was now joined by two other men , who knew their work and how to keep silent and still , but the otter does not reach 34 O'er Crag and Torrent.
... the keenest enjoyment as they winded the chain . Arthur , who had been posted at the Weir , was now joined by two other men , who knew their work and how to keep silent and still , but the otter does not reach 34 O'er Crag and Torrent.
Strana 35
W. Stanhope-Lovell. silent and still , but the otter does not reach them just yet , for he has taken refuge in a small holt , from which he is speedily evicted , and was momentarily viewed making for his former quarters - a stronghold he ...
W. Stanhope-Lovell. silent and still , but the otter does not reach them just yet , for he has taken refuge in a small holt , from which he is speedily evicted , and was momentarily viewed making for his former quarters - a stronghold he ...
Strana 39
... this contre- temps , the otter failed in his effort to reach the main river , for a few yards further down , as he vented , Charmer spots and nips him , and for a second there are " ructions " between Otter Hunting 39.
... this contre- temps , the otter failed in his effort to reach the main river , for a few yards further down , as he vented , Charmer spots and nips him , and for a second there are " ructions " between Otter Hunting 39.
Strana 156
... reach of a large extent of exceptionally good snipe ground , we had many successful days after the long bills . A limited number of the common or full snipe ( Gallinago media ) used to breed with us , but the majority , like the little ...
... reach of a large extent of exceptionally good snipe ground , we had many successful days after the long bills . A limited number of the common or full snipe ( Gallinago media ) used to breed with us , but the majority , like the little ...
Strana 198
... reach —an ornament to any river and a warning to posterity . Sorry am I to admit the riot of my tongue , but so it was , and earth , river , and sky around me became black , and burned brimstone and blue lights . Misfortune is best ...
... reach —an ornament to any river and a warning to posterity . Sorry am I to admit the riot of my tongue , but so it was , and earth , river , and sky around me became black , and burned brimstone and blue lights . Misfortune is best ...
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Strana 17 - Sir, it is not in my power to resolve you ; I leave it to be resolved by the college of Carthusians, who have made vows never to eat flesh. But I have heard, the question hath been debated among many great clerks : and they seem to differ about it : yet most agree that her tail is fish.3 And if her body be fish too, then I may say that a fish will walk upon land...
Strana 101 - cui sic extorta voluptas et demptus per vim mentis gratissimus error».
Strana 168 - It has been stretched by another," he said, and those who heard him knew well enough that Rochester was meant. This public humiliation taught Lady Essex that she must be off with the old love before she was on with the new.
Strana 29 - Otter to efcape, but that eyther the houndes fhall light vpon him, or els fome of the huntefmen fhall ftrike him, and thus may you haue excellent fporte and paftime in hunting of the Otter, if the houndes be good, and that the Riuers be not ouer great : where the Riuers be greate, fome vfe to haue a lyne throwen ouerthwart the Riuer, the whiche twoo of the huntefmen fhall holde by eche ende, one on the one fide of the Riuer, and the other on that other : and let them holde the line fo flacke that...
Strana 169 - ... useless ; she yielded to them in so far as to accompany them home in the morning, but when night came she again repaired to the grave, and passed the hours of darkness there. At length her mind gave way, and she gleefully informed her friends that her former lover had come to life again, that they had walked and talked in the glen as of old, and that he had promised to return and lead her to a place where they should never part. Alarmed by her looks and words, her friends placed a watch over...
Strana 29 - For if the houndes be good otter houndes and perfectly entered, they will come chaunting and trayling alongst by the riverside, and will beate every tree roote, every holme, every osier bedde, and...
Strana 29 - ... they runne vp or downe the ftreame as they fee the Otter bend, vntil they may at laft giue him a Blowe: for if the houndes be good Otter houndes and perfectly entred, they will come chaunting and trayling alongft by the riuers fide, and will beate euery tree roote, euery holme, euery Ofier bedde, and tufft of bulrufhes : yea fomtimes alfo they will take the ryuer and beate it like a water fpaniell : fo that it...
Strana 30 - Otters fkinne is very good furre, and his greafe wil make a medicine to make fiflies turn vp their bellies as if they were deade. A good Otter hounde may proue an excellent good buckhound, if he be not old before he be entred. Thus haue you now afmuch as I can prefently fet down for...
Strana 27 - Harte, and it is a note to be obferued that all fuch chaces as you draw after before you finde them, lodge them, or herbor them, you fhoulde make a folempne aflembly to heare all reportes before you vndertake to hunte them, and then he which hath found of an Otter, or fo drawen toward his couche that he can vndertake to bryng you vnto him...