 | 1884 - 732 páginas
...but Gay does — " You now a more delusive art must try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. 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... | |
 | David Webster - 1885 - 392 páginas
...he was an angler, thus instructs the salmon-fly dresser how to minister to the salmon's tastes : — "To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride." In that case it will be no light task nowadays to provide even one costume for " the little animal... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 384 páginas
...into the day. You now a more delusive art must try, i7S And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. 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 ; iSo The peacock's plumes thy tackle... | |
 | 1896 - 532 páginas
...new Disease ; The Cook destroys with his compounding Art, And dextrously performs the Doctor's Part. To frame the little Animal, provide All the gay Hues that wait on Female Pride, Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes Golden Wire The glitt'ring Bellies of the Fly require ; The Peacock's Plumes thy Tackle... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 páginas
...it was a doubt How power could condescend to do without. k. BYRON — Don Juan. Canto VII. St. 74, 1 OH female pride : Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require... | |
 | Charles Bradford - 1904 - 236 páginas
...porcupine belly, the ear of the English hare, the ear of the polecat, and the fur of many other animals. " 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... | |
 | Walter John Turrell - 1910 - 274 páginas
...with Moss ; Where they rejoice, wreathing around in Play And from their bodies wipe their native Clay. To frame the little Animal, provide All the gay Hues that wait on Female Pride, Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes Golden Wire The glitt'ring Bellies of the Fly require ; The Peacock's Plumes thy Tackle... | |
 | Henry Marion Hall - 1912 - 248 páginas
...in sunny weather, he enumerates the steps to be followed in the preparation of artificial flies : " 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... | |
 | 1918 - 502 páginas
...water, that does not pay tribute to the fly-tier. Gay has also put this prettily into verse: To furnish 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... | |
 | 1922 - 344 páginas
...look into the day. You now a more delusive art must try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. 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... | |
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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... 
