... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man. He makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole... The Spectator ... - Page 1271803Full view - About this book
| Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 pages
...elder brother as superintendent of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the county, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely...good-natured officious fellow, and very much esteemed on account of his family, he is a welcome guest at every house, and keeps up a good correspondence... | |
| Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 440 pages
...elder brother as superintendent of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the county, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely...good-natured officious fellow, and very much esteemed on account of his family, he is a welcome guest at every house, and keeps up a good correspondence... | |
| Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - 1889 - 324 pages
...of Elia. Contemplative truly was Charles Lamb, but, unlike Mr. William Wimble, no fisherman, " not well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man," he was not one " to make a May-fly to a miracle," nor " furnish the whole country with Angle244 ยป45 rods."... | |
| Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - 1889 - 298 pages
...of Elia. Contemplative truly was Charles Lamb, but, unlike Mr. William Wimble, no fisherman, " not well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man," he was not one " to make a May-fly to a miracle," nor " furnish the whole country with Anglerods." We... | |
| William Francis Collier - 1890 - 560 pages
...brother as superintendent of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely...country with angle-rods. As he is a good-natured, ofiicious fellow, and very much esteemed on account of his family, he is a welcome guest at every house,... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1890 - 448 pages
...brother as superintendent of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely...the little handicrafts of an idle man : he makes a May fly to a miracle, and furnishes the whole country with angle rods. As he is a good-natured, officious... | |
| Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 440 pages
...elder brother as superintendent of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the county, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely...good-natured officious fellow, and very much esteemed on account of his family, he is a welcome guest at every house, and keeps up a good correspondence... | |
| Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 462 pages
...elder brother as superintendent of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the county, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely...good-natured officious fellow, and very much esteemed on account of his family, he is a welcome guest at every house, and keeps up a good correspondence... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1892 - 364 pages
...brother as superintendent of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely...handicrafts of an idle man: he makes a may-fly to r. miracle, and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.' As he is a good-natured officious fellow,... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1892 - 168 pages
...brother as superintendent of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely...little handicrafts of an idle man : he makes a May-fly 1 to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods. As he is a good-natured officious... | |
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