 | Ulick J. Burke - 1878 - 186 pages
...replenish their aunt's larder with the spoils of their cunning. PART II.— THE RIVER. CHAPTER VI. A day, with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not a scorching sun, A southern gale to curl the stream, And, master, half our work is done. There, whilst behind some bush... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1880 - 716 pages
...Perhaps a week, wherein to try What the best master's hand can do With the most deadly -killing flie : A day, with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not a scorching sun, A southern gale to curl the stream, And, master, half our work is done. There whilst behind some bush... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...Perhaps a week, wherein to try What the best master's hand can do With the most deadly killing fly — y's tread As he tramps southern gale to curl the stream ; And, master, half our work is done. Then, whilst behind some bush... | |
 | William Mathews - 1881 - 358 pages
...Horace that jubemus stultos esse libenter, while from our heart of hearts we echo the song of old Izaak: "A day with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not a scorching sun, A southern gale to curl the stream, And, master, half your work is done. "There, whilst behind some bush... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...Perhaps a week, wherein to try What the best master's hand can do With the most deadly killing fly. 8 A day with not too bright a beam ; A warm, but not a scorching sun ; A southern gale to curl the stream; And, master, half our work is done. • 9 Then, whilst behind some... | |
 | Lady Constance Eleanora Caroline Howard - 1882 - 272 pages
...Cakes ' — patiently waiting for the salmon of many pounds which should reward your perseverance. ' A day with not too bright a beam, A warm but not a scorching sun ; A southern gale to curl the stream, And, master, half our work is done.' So says old Izaak Walton. Then... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1884 - 862 pages
...morrow was perfection for a successful fishing expedition, lu the words of Izaak Wai ton himself: ' A day with not too bright a beam ; A warm but not a scorching sun ; A southern gale to curl the stream, And, angler, half your work is done.'* I took my rod, armed myself... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 536 pages
...Perhaps a week, wherein to try What the best master's hand can do With the most deadly killing fly. A day with not too bright a beam ; A warm, but not a scorching sun ; A southern gale to curl the stream ; And, master, half our work is done. Then, whilst behind some bush... | |
 | Charles Barker Bradford - 1900 - 96 pages
...and should be treated as such and lured with only delicate and humane weapons. TROUT AND TROUTING. A day with not too bright a beam ; A warm, but not a scorching, sun. — CHARLES COTTON. ¡HERE can I enjoy trout fishing amid good scenery and good cheer without its necessitating... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...Perhaps a week, wherein to try What the best master's hand can do With the most deadly killing fly— To the old man's shaking hand, Saying, " That is all I bring ye From southern gale to curl the stream ; And, master, half our work is done. Then, whilst belli nil some... | |
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A day with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not a scorching sun, A southern gale to curl the stream, And, master, half our work is done. 
