Wales in June

In article , Ken
Fortenberry wrote:

Lazarus Cooke wrote:
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I think
it's the best piece of fiction ever written about fishing, with the
possible exception of "Moby Dick".
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At the risk of sounding didactic, "Moby Dick" isn't about fishing.

Nonsense. A fish is a fish, whether it has nipples or not. See matthew
12:40. Are you telling me God's got it wrong? That Jesus made a
mistake? Why do you hate America?

Let me tell you I'm an ulster protestant.......

:l

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Let me tell you I'm an ulster protestant.......


Oh dear, I think that´s ****ed it altogether!

Just a tip, if you want to **** on Ken ( not that he´d notice anyway), you
have to do it from a great height!

TL
MC ( Still climbimg!)

A few quotes from the preface to "moby dick"

ŒThe Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest
fishes that a among which the Whales and Whirlpooles
called Balaene, take up as much in length as four acres or
arpens of land.¹ ‹HOLLAND¹S PLINY.

ŒIf you should write a fable for little fishes, you would
make them speak like great wales.¹ ‹GOLDSMITH TO
JOHNSON.

ŒThe Spermacetti Whale found by the Nantuckois, is
an active, fierce animal, and requires vast address and
boldness in the fishermen.¹ ‹THOMAS JEFFERSON¹S
WHALE MEMORIAL TO THE FRENCH
MINISTER IN 1778.

ŒA tenth branch of the king¹s ordinary revenue, said to
be grounded on the consideration of his guarding and
protecting the seas from pirates and robbers, is the right to
royal fish, which are whale and sturgeon. And these, when
either thrown ashore or caught near the coast, are the
property of the king.¹ ‹BLACKSTONE.

ŒIn the free element beneath me swam,
Floundered and dived, in play, in chace, in battle,
Fishes of every colour, form, and kind;
Which language cannot paint, and mariner
Had never seen; from dread Leviathan
To insect millions peopling every wave:
Gather¹d in shoals immense, like floating islands,
Led by mysterious instincts through that waste
And trackless region, though on every side
Assaulted by voracious enemies,
Whales, sharks, and monsters, arm¹d in front or jaw,
With swords, saws, spiral horns, or hooked fangs.¹ ‹
MONTGOMERY¹S WORLD BEFORE THE
FLOOD.

ŒIo! Paean! Io! sing.
To the finny people¹s king.
Not a mightier whale than this
In the vast Atlantic is;
Not a fatter fish than he,
Flounders round the Polar Sea.¹ ‹CHARLES LAMB¹S
TRIUMPH OF THE WHALE.

Lazarus

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Lazarus Cooke wrote in message
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A few quotes from the preface to "moby dick"


ŒIf you should write a fable for little fishes, you would
make them speak like great wales.¹ ‹GOLDSMITH TO
JOHNSON.



I've never seen this Goldsmith quote before; in context, it is rather
amusing. In Boswell's words (IIRC): "Poor old Goldsmith".

I've never seen this Goldsmith quote before; in context, it is rather
amusing. In Boswell's words (IIRC): "Poor old Goldsmith".



IIRC?

L

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I've never seen this Goldsmith quote before; in context, it is rather
amusing. In Boswell's words (IIRC): "Poor old Goldsmith".



IIRC?

If I remember correctly.

L

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Lazarus!

TL
MC

In article , riverman
wrote:

"Lazarus Cooke" wrote in message
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I've never seen this Goldsmith quote before; in context, it is rather
amusing. In Boswell's words (IIRC): "Poor old Goldsmith".

Eh? I'd be pleased if I'd written anything a quarter as good as "She
stoops to conquer". As Johnson said,

"qui nullum fere scribendi genus non tetigit,
Nullum quem tetigit non ornavit."

I often mutter this to myself after a take on the dry fly before
striking. Maybe this is why I catch so few fish?

IIRC?

If I remember correctly.

Thanks riverman,
L

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That's right, :L

;-L

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