 | Robert Blakey - 1856 - 366 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1859 - 342 pagina’s
...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 tomorrow...question is rather, whether you be capable of learning it 1 Ifpr angling is somewhat like poetry, mc.n are to be born so : 1 1 mean, with inclinations to it,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1860 - 394 pagina’s
...than any Hawk you8 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,...like poetry, men are to be born so : I mean, with VARIATION.] ° Piscator. Oh, Sir, it is not to be questioned, but that it is an art, and an art worth... | |
 | Francis Brinley - 1860 - 294 pagina’s
...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...whether you be capable of learning it ? for Angling is something like Poetry, men are to be born so ; I mean with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1860 - 402 pagina’s
...friend has] have named, and more watchful and timorous than your [his] high mettled Merlin is bold ; and yet I doubt not to catch a brace or two to-morrow...for a friend's breakfast. Doubt not, therefore, Sir, that Angling is an art," is omitted ; and Piscator's reply reads thus : " O, Sir, doubt not but that... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pagina’s
...divine. — Watts. — Anger is like rain ; it breaks itself upon that which it falls on. Do not doubt but that angling is an art, and an art worth your...angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born to it, and must not only bring an inquiring, observing wit, but also a large measure of hope and patience.... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1867 - 490 pagina’s
...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, E for a friend's breakfast : doubt not therefore, Sir, but that Angling is an art, and an art worth... | |
 | William Barrows - 1869 - 292 pagina’s
...what Master Izaak Walton says of fishing, and think the same to be true of hunting: — "Doubt not, sir, but that Angling is an art, and an art "worth...Angling is somewhat like Poetry: men are to be born so." In his later years Palmerston was distinguished for his expert use of the horse and the gun in field... | |
 | William Barrows, W. (William) Barrows - 1869 - 280 pagina’s
...fishing, and think the same to be true of hunting: — "Doubt not, sir, but that Angling is an art, arid an art worth your learning. The question is rather,...Angling is somewhat like Poetry: men are to be born so." In his later years Palmerston was distinguished for his expert use of the horse and the gun in field... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1875 - 722 pagina’s
...watchful and timorous than yuur [Lis] high-mct:!cd Merlin is bold ; and yet I doubt not to catch n brace or two to-morrow for a friend's breakfast. Doubt not, therefore. Sir, that Angling is an art." is omitted ; and Piscator's reply reads thus, " O, Sir, doubt not but that... | |
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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... 
