 | William Andrew Chatto - 1886 - 388 דפים
...an apt description. Piscator says that '' angling is somewhat like poetry—men are to be born so; I mean with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened...be a good angler must not only bring an inquiring and observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a love and propensity... | |
 | John Cameron - 1888 - 192 דפים
...whether you be capable of learning it ; for angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so — I mean with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened...that hopes to be a good angler must not only bring an enquiring mind, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and... | |
 | 1896 - 62 דפים
...The true angler, like his kinsman, the poet, is not made, but at his birth the good fairy gave him a " large measure of hope and patience and a love and propensity to the art itself." For some have caught as arrant a madness from Walton's book as ever Don Quixote drank in from his romances,... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 560 דפים
...whether you be capable of learning it ? for angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be...propensity to the art itself; but having once got and practiced it, then doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be like... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 דפים
...whether you be capable of learning it? for angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so : I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be...propensity to the art itself ; but having once got and practiced it, then doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be like... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 דפים
...whether you be capable of learning it ? for angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so : I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be...propensity to the art itself ; but having once got and practiced it, then doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be like... | |
 | Walter Rowlands - 1900 - 380 דפים
...whether you are capable of learning it ? for angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so ; I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be...that hopes to be a good angler must not only bring an enquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1901 - 270 דפים
...whether you be capable of learning it? for angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so : I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be...hopes to be a good angler, must not only bring an enquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a... | |
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Doubt not, therefore, sir, but that angling is an art, and an art worth your learning. The question is rather, whether you be capable of learning it ? for angling is somewhat like poetry, — men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though... 
