 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 tail....  Pictures of Sporting Life and Character - Page 257by Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1860Full view - About this book
 | William Hone - 1827 - 892 pages
...w;rt! The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail. Nor ihe dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird...slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect projwr wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And ev'ry fur promote the fi>her4 art. So... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving. Milton's Paradise Lost, Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends...of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art. Gay's Rural Sports. It is a vulgar idea^>f the colours of solid bodies, when... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pages
...were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving. Milton's Paradise Lost. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings j Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the usher's art. Gay's Rural Sports.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...to be drawn are the tame birds ; as cock, turkey-cock and peacock. Ptucham. The peacKk'i plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Gay. The self-applauding bird the pea-ock see — Mark what a sumptuous Pharisee is he ! Meridian sunbeams... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Salter - 1830 - 438 pages
...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 tail ; Each gaudy hird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks, of all colours,... | |
 | 1868 - 522 pages
...with a rod, lines, hooks, artificial flies, landing-net, and a pocket-case, containing materials snch as Gay describes as necessary for the art of imitating...some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing inseet proper wings ; Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promotes the fisher's... | |
 | 1851
...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 tail ; Each gaudy bird some tender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their... | |
 | 1846 - 512 pages
...dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each 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 fisher's art." The pliant rod, too, now attracts the fisherman's care ; the joints... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Salter - 1833 - 440 pages
...guide thee. Sometimes, golden wire The shining hellies of the fly require. The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the...all colours, must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art. So the gay lady, with expensive care, Borrows the pride of land, of sea,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1833 - 350 pages
...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...of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art : So the gay lady, with expensive care, Borrows the pride of land, of sea,... | |
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