O the gallant Fisher's life, It is the best of any; 'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis beloved of many : Other joys Are but toys : Only this Lawful is; For our skill Breeds no ill, But content and pleasure. The Life and Remains of Theodore Edward Hook - Страница 318написао/ла Theodore Edward Hook, Richard Harris Dalton Barham - 1849Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
| William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 568 страница
...Date, nor Age no Need ; Then those Delights my mind might move, To li ve with thee, and be thy Love. Oh the gallant Fisher's life, It is the best of any ; Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis belov'd by many : Other joys Are but toys ; Only this Lawful is ; For our skill Breeds no ill, But... | |
| William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 820 страница
...Then those Delights my mind might move, To live with thee, and be thy Love. Oh the gallant Fislier's life, It is the best of any ; Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis belov'd by many : Other joys Are but toys ; Only this v Lawful is ; For our skill Breeds no ill, But... | |
| 1821 - 404 страница
...in praise of a country life, and the other is an enthusiastic eulogy on the delights of angling. " Oh, the gallant fisher's life, It is the best of any ; Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis belov'd by many : Other joys Are but toys, . Only this Lawful is, For our skill Breeds no ill, But... | |
| 1821 - 408 страница
...in praise of a country life, and the other is an enthusiastic eulogy on the delights of angling. " Oh, the gallant fisher's life, It is the best of any ; Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis belov'd by many : Other joys Are but toys, Only this Lawful is, For our skill Breeds no ill, But content... | |
| Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 490 страница
...fire. And now, sing when you will. Pise. Well then, here's to you, Coridon; and now for my song. O the gallant fisher's life, It is the best of any; Tis full of pleasure, void of strife. And 'tis belov'd by many : Other joys Are but toys; Only this Lawful is ; For our skill Breeds no ill, But content... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 страница
...points of the hunt. A more tranquil amusement is derived from angling: Oh ! the gallant fisher's Jife, It is the best of any.; Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis belov'd by many : Other joys Are but toys, Only this Lawful is, For our skill Breeds no ill, But content... | |
| 1823 - 734 страница
...complete the parallel triumvirate. Vin.i. ANGLING AND IZAAK WALTON. " Oh the gallant Fisher's life I It is the best of any, Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis belov'd by many : Other joys Are but toys, Only this Lawful is, For our skill Breeds no ill, But content... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1824 - 516 страница
...when you will. Pise. Well then, here's to you, Coridon; and now for my song. Oh ! the gallant fisher s life, It is the best of any, 'Tis full of pleasure,...void of strife, And 'tis beloved by many : Other joys Only this Lawful is, For our skill Breeds no ill, But content and pleasure. In a morning up we rise,... | |
| Gilpin Gorst - 1825 - 116 страница
...tributary streams, affording excellent sport to the lovers of angling. ,/ Oh ! the gallant fishers' life, It is the best of any, "Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And is belov'd by many. Other joys Are but toys : Only this Lawful is, For our skill •^ Breeds no ill... | |
| Charles Bowlker - 1826 - 164 страница
...February to October, and are to be used in the same manner as the artificial flies. THE ANGLER'S SONG. Oh ! the gallant fisher's life, It is the best of...full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis beloved hy many: Other joys are but toys, Only this lawful is, Foroin skill breeds no ill, But content and... | |
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