 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Henry George Bohn - Fishing - 1856 - 634 pages
...that useful feather called the yellow dun," We sum up with the elegant lines of Gay : — ' ' To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, such as see it, which are not many I assure 3'ou, may think me a great master in the art of angling... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1856 - 592 pages
...that useful feather called the yellow dun." We sum up with the elegant lines of Gay :— " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, such as see it, which are not many I assure you, may think me a great master in the art of angling:... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 578 pages
...art must try, And tempt their hunger with the eurious fly. HOW TO HAEE THE AETIFICIAL FLT. To frame ustic youth, brown with meridian toil, Healthful and...strong ; lull as the summer-rose Blown by prevailing belKes of the fly require : The peaeoek's plumes thy taekle must not fail, Nor the dear purehase of... | |
 | John J. Brown - Fishes - 1857 - 396 pages
...the colors shine in every part. That nature seems to live again in art." And also — l\ ** To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues that wait...gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the glowing insect proper wings ; Silks of all colors must their aid impart, And every fur promote the... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - Sports - 1858 - 400 pages
...tender-hearted fabulist, Gay, himself a flyfisher, are brought to bear : " To frame the fur-wrought fly, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride...gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the glowing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fair promote the... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - Sports - 1858 - 416 pages
...brought to bear : " To frame the fur-wrought fly, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride j Let nature guide thee. Sometimes golden wire The shining...bird some slender tribute brings, . And lends the glowing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fair promote the... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - Fishes - 1859 - 586 pages
...writes tbe " Angler in Ireland." And hear again what the poet Gay has to say on the subject: " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...shining bellies of the fly require : The peacock's plume thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 918 pages
...the cnriou» fly. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hue» that wait on female pnde : Let nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plume» thy tackle mu»t not fail. Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - Fishing - 1860 - 360 pages
...containing materials such as Gay describes as necessary for the art of imitating nature:— " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...shining bellies of the fly require; The peacock's plumes the tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail; Each gaudy bird some slender tribute... | |
 | Book - 1862 - 216 pages
...description of oui- four plates of Flies and Implements of Angling. " To frame the fair-wrought fly, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride...bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy hackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute... | |
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To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's... 
