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... sulking and rushing , such leaping and tearing , such hoping and fearing , as would have “ injected life into the ribs of death , " made an anchorite dance in very ecstacy , and caused any true angler to believe that his heart was a ...
... sulking and rushing , such leaping and tearing , such hoping and fearing , as would have “ injected life into the ribs of death , " made an anchorite dance in very ecstacy , and caused any true angler to believe that his heart was a ...
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... perfectly . Then fol- lowed a struggle which justified his estimate of the weight of the fish . For more than an hour , every known appliance was used in vain to bring him to gaff . He sulked , plunged , leaped 70 PLEASURES OF ANGLING .
... perfectly . Then fol- lowed a struggle which justified his estimate of the weight of the fish . For more than an hour , every known appliance was used in vain to bring him to gaff . He sulked , plunged , leaped 70 PLEASURES OF ANGLING .
Page 71
George Dawson. him to gaff . He sulked , plunged , leaped and rushed as impetuously at the end of the hour as during the first five minutes after he was hooked . He made no sign of surrender or weariness , and was in one of his worst ...
George Dawson. him to gaff . He sulked , plunged , leaped and rushed as impetuously at the end of the hour as during the first five minutes after he was hooked . He made no sign of surrender or weariness , and was in one of his worst ...
Page 72
... sulked persistently . For nearly an hour he remained as immovable as a rock . No strain which it was safe to impose upon the rod could move him . He simply wouldn't stir . Noth- ing is more provoking , and nothing more tries the ...
... sulked persistently . For nearly an hour he remained as immovable as a rock . No strain which it was safe to impose upon the rod could move him . He simply wouldn't stir . Noth- ing is more provoking , and nothing more tries the ...
Page 73
... sulks . When well nigh weary to exhaustion , and when almost ready to make the effort to force him from his hole if ... sulked . More than two hundred feet of line went out of the reel in a flash ; and it became now even harder to stop ...
... sulks . When well nigh weary to exhaustion , and when almost ready to make the effort to force him from his hole if ... sulked . More than two hundred feet of line went out of the reel in a flash ; and it became now even harder to stop ...
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