 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...good old joke attributed to Swift, that angling is always to be considered as " a stick and a string, with a fly at one end and a fool at the other." Nay, if he had books with him and a pleasant day, we can even account for the joyousness of that .prince... | |
 | John Iliff Wilson - London (England) - 1821 - 348 pages
...the good joke attributed to Swift, that angling is always to be considered as " a stick and a string, with a fly at one end, and a fool at the other.'' Nay, if he had books with him, and a pleasant day, we can even account for the joyousness of that prince... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 pages
...Swift's jest on the subject, which describes the whole process as consisting of " a stick and a string, with a fly at one end, and a fool at the other." But this excuse of folly will not apply to some amateurs of angling, and least of all to Isaac Walton.... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pages
...Swift's jest on the subject, which describes the whole process as consisting of " a stick and a string, with a fly at one end, and a fool at the other." But this excuse of folly will not apply to some amateurs of angling, and least of all to Isaac Walton.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 pages
...good old joke attributed to Swift, that angling is always to be considered as " a stick and a string, with a fly at one end and a fool at the other." Nay, if he had books with him, and a pleasant day, we can account for the joyousness of that prince... | |
 | William Andrew Chatto - Fishing - 1834 - 228 pages
...reminding the angler of what Doctor Johnson is reported to have said of fly-fishing : " a rod and a line, with a fly at one end and a fool at the other." This piece of pleasantry may be readily excused, and may pass with other witty sayings ascribed to... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1835 - 350 pages
...good old joke attributed to Swift, that angling is always to be considered as " a stick and a string, with a fly at one end and a fool at the other." Nay, if he had books with him, and a pleasant day, we can account for the joyousness of that prince... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - English fiction - 1837 - 500 pages
...accomplishments ? I thought, my Lord, your favourite aquatic amusement had been, as Dr Johnson describes fishing, with a fly at one end and a fool at the other ! " " There is a rod for you, Alderby ! " said Mr Grant. " Let me tell you, Miss Fitz-Patrick," added his Lordship,... | |
 | James Wilson - Fishes - 1840 - 500 pages
...regards those advantages, claim a decided preference. Be it remembered that Dr. Johnson's description of a rod with a fly at one end and a fool at the other is not admitted among the memorabilia of the lovers of old Izaak Walton. The recreation of angling... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 pages
...joke, attributed sometimes to Swift and sometimes to Doctor Johnson, that it is " a stick and a string, with a fly at one end and a fool at the other," he insists upon it that it is a very cruel and censurable pleasure. He erroneously ascribes one of... | |
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Swift, that angling is always to be considered as "a stick and a string, with a fly at one end and a fool at the other. 
