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... Rivers to whose shallow falls Melodious birds sing madrigals ; " - the soothing and thought - awakening influence of the water itself , " Nature's store - house , in which she locks up her wonders ' " -the num- 1 Izaak Walton . PREFACE ...
... Rivers to whose shallow falls Melodious birds sing madrigals ; " - the soothing and thought - awakening influence of the water itself , " Nature's store - house , in which she locks up her wonders ' " -the num- 1 Izaak Walton . PREFACE ...
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... river , just above the mill , where I should not have expected to find any fish at all . Instantly however I had one , a little chap of about a third of a pound . I put him back , and , not having had time to see the spinning of the ...
... river , just above the mill , where I should not have expected to find any fish at all . Instantly however I had one , a little chap of about a third of a pound . I put him back , and , not having had time to see the spinning of the ...
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... river be- low the mill from the pool where I first made trial of my bait , I dropped it into a deep dark pool fed by a back - water which poured down into it with a powerful stream through a slate - lined water - course set at a very ...
... river be- low the mill from the pool where I first made trial of my bait , I dropped it into a deep dark pool fed by a back - water which poured down into it with a powerful stream through a slate - lined water - course set at a very ...
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... river was recovering from a flood , and apparently in good order for the fly . A determined rain from the South - west however prevented the fish from rising , and my basket shewed no more than about a dozen and a half Trout , all of ...
... river was recovering from a flood , and apparently in good order for the fly . A determined rain from the South - west however prevented the fish from rising , and my basket shewed no more than about a dozen and a half Trout , all of ...
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... river for Salmon , him- self went out on a lake adjoining the house , trail- ing a spoon - bait , and surprised them , on their return with empty creels , by exhibiting two clean Salmon which he had caught there with it . It will be ...
... river for Salmon , him- self went out on a lake adjoining the house , trail- ing a spoon - bait , and surprised them , on their return with empty creels , by exhibiting two clean Salmon which he had caught there with it . It will be ...
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Page xiii - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, 'Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou...