 Oft have I seen a skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly ; When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook, He shakes the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving...  Art of Angling - Strana 111podľa Thomas Best - 1814 - Počet stránok 259Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Thomas Best - 1804 - Počet stránok 208
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treach'r-ous fly ; When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs, that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When if an insect fall (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1807 - Počet stránok 208
...try And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook, When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, He shakes the boughs, that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw; He gently takes him from the whirling tide: When if an insect fall (his certain... | |
 | John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - Počet stránok 322
...angler try 195 The various colours of the treacherous fly ; When, he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw, 20i) When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1808 - Počet stránok 210
...angler try . • The various colours of the treacherous By ; When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs, that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When if an insect fall (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - Počet stránok 308
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treach'rous fly. When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw; When, if an insect fall (his certain guide), He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Počet stránok 582
...When he with fruitless pain hatli sUimm'd the brook, And th« coy fish rejects the skipping hook, lie shakes the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When, if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - Počet stránok 364
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly ; When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When, if an insect fall, (his certain guide,) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 270
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly 5 When he with fruitless pain hath skimmed the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw, When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - Počet stránok 1062
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly. When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd waving forest throw ; When, if an insect fall (his certain guide), He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - Počet stránok 846
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly. When he with fruitless pain hath skimmed the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When, if an insect fall, (his certain guide,) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
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