| James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...presumptuous strain. Whose wisest will has Ci'd us in a state That must not yet to pure perfection rise. Now when the first foul torrent of the brooks , Swell'd...dark-brown water aids the guile, To tempt the trout. The well-dissembled fly, The rod fine-tapering with elastic spring , Snatch'd from the hoary steed the... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 330 pages
...Whofe wifeft will has fix'd us in a ftate That mu(l not yet to pure perfeftion rife. Now when the firft foul torrent of the brooks, Swell'd with the vernal rains, is ebb'd away, And, whitening, down their moffy-tinftured ftream Defcends the billowy foam : now is the time, While yet the dark brown water... | |
| James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...presumptuous strain, Whose wisest will has fix'd us in a state That must not yet to pure perfection rise. 375 Now, when the first foul torrent of the brooks, Swell'd...time, While yet the dark-brown water aids the guile, 380 To tempt the trout. The well. dissembled fly, The rod fine-tapering with elastic spring, Snatch'd... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 540 pages
...has fi.i'd us in * fUte [Tiraio, Tliat mull not yet to pure perfection rife. 375 Now, when the firft foul torrent of the brooks, Swell'd with the vernal rains, is ebb'd away, And, whitening, down their mofTy-tinflur'd Pefcends the billowy foam, now is the time, Wliile yet the dark-brown water aids the... | |
| Thomas Best - 1804 - 208 pages
...poet, Mr. Thomson, which cannot fail of contributing as well to his amusement, as instruction. Soon as the first foul torrent of the brooks, Swell'd with the vernal rains, is ebb'd away, And, whit'ning, down their mossy-tinctur'd stream Descends the billowy foam, then is the time, While yet... | |
| James Thomson - 1806 - 242 pages
...presumptuous strain, Whose wisest will has fix'd us in a state That must not yet to pure perfection rise. 375 Now when the first foul torrent of the brooks, Swell'd...time, While yet the dark-brown water aids the guile, 380 To tempt the trout. The well-dissembled fly, The rod fine-tapering with elastic spring, Snatch'd... | |
| Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
..., "Whose wisest will has fix'd us in a state , That must not yet to pure perfection rise. FISHING. Now , when the first foul torrent of the brooks, Swell'd with the vernal rains, is ebb'd away; Les charmes de la voix , les grâces du sourire; L'homme a pu, dégradé de ce sublime rang, Et se... | |
| Thomas Best - 1807 - 208 pages
...rains, is ebb'd away, And, wbit'ning, down their mossy-tinctur'cl stream Descends the billowy foam, then is the time, . , While yet the dark-brown water aids the guile, To tempt the trout. The well-dissembled fly> The rod fine tap'ring with elastic spring, Snatch'd from the hoary steed the floating... | |
| James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...presumptuous strain, Whose wisest will has fix'd us in a state . That must not yet to pure perfection rise. Now when the first foul torrent of the brooks, Swell'd...dark-brown water aids the guile, To tempt the trout. The well-dissembled fly, The rod fme-tapering with elastic spring, Snatch'd from the hoary steed the floating... | |
| James Thomson, Thomas Parnell - Thomson, James, 1700-1748 - 1808 - 338 pages
...That must not yet to pure perfection rise. Now when the first foul torrent of the brooks, Swell' d with the vernal rains , is ebb'd away , And , whitening , down their mossy-tinctur'd stream Descends the hillowy foam : now is the time , 1/VJule yet the dark-brown water aids the guile. To tempt the trout.... | |
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