The complete angler, by I. Walton and C. Cotton. With a new intr. and notes [by H.K.S. Causton].1851 |
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Izaak Walton Henry Kent S. Causton. tell you , " writes Cotton , in his character of Piscator , referring to Izaak Walton , " I must tell you that I have the happiness to know his person , and to be intimately acquainted with him , and ...
Izaak Walton Henry Kent S. Causton. tell you , " writes Cotton , in his character of Piscator , referring to Izaak Walton , " I must tell you that I have the happiness to know his person , and to be intimately acquainted with him , and ...
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... tell you that I will really endeavour to live up to the character you have given of me , if there were no other reason , yet for this alone , that you , who love me so well , and always speak what you think , may not for my sake suffer ...
... tell you that I will really endeavour to live up to the character you have given of me , if there were no other reason , yet for this alone , that you , who love me so well , and always speak what you think , may not for my sake suffer ...
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... tell his tale : - Any habit ne'er so mean , Let it be but whole and clean- Such as nakedness will hide , Will amply satisfy my pride : And for meat- Husks and acorns I will eat , And for better never wish— . He died of a fever , in ...
... tell his tale : - Any habit ne'er so mean , Let it be but whole and clean- Such as nakedness will hide , Will amply satisfy my pride : And for meat- Husks and acorns I will eat , And for better never wish— . He died of a fever , in ...
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... tell thee these following truths , ―That I did neither undertake , nor write , nor publish , and much less own , this Discourse to please myself : and having been too easily drawn to do all to please others , as I proposed not the ...
... tell thee these following truths , ―That I did neither undertake , nor write , nor publish , and much less own , this Discourse to please myself : and having been too easily drawn to do all to please others , as I proposed not the ...
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... tell him , that whereas it is said by * Mr. Hales and his book are alike and alone indebted for immortality to the notice of Izaak Walton ; and if a copy of the latter exist , it is a rarity ; but it could hardly have been the original ...
... tell him , that whereas it is said by * Mr. Hales and his book are alike and alone indebted for immortality to the notice of Izaak Walton ; and if a copy of the latter exist , it is a rarity ; but it could hardly have been the original ...
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Страница 110 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of Roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten: In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and Ivy buds, Thy Coral clasps and Amber studs, All these in me no means can move, To come to thee, and be thy love.
Страница 109 - If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy Love.
Страница 147 - Courts, I would rejoice ; Or, with my Bryan and a book, Loiter long days near Shawford brook ; There sit by him, and eat my meat ; There see the sun both rise and set ; There bid good morning to next day ; There meditate my time away ; And angle on, and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave.
Страница 292 - He that loses his conscience, has nothing left that is worth keeping:" therefore be sure you look to that. And, in the next place, look to your health : and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience ; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, — a blessing that money cannot buy ; and therefore value it, and be thankful for it.
Страница 108 - A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me, and be my love.
Страница 110 - But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights my mind might move To live with thee and be thy love.
Страница 46 - I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice : but he that hopes to be a good angler, must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a love and propensity to the art itself; but having once got and practised it, then doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.
Страница 242 - tis beloved by many: Other joys Are but toys, Only this Lawful is; For our skill Breeds no ill, But content and pleasure. In a morning up we rise, Ere Aurora's peeping: Drink a cup to wash our eyes, Leave the sluggard sleeping: Then we go To and fro, With our knacks At our backs, To such streams As the Thames, If we have the leisure.
Страница 114 - I'll promise you I'll sing a song that was lately made at my request by Mr. William Basse, one that hath made the choice songs of the
Страница lviii - And I am the willinger to justify the pleasant part of it, because though it is known I can be serious at seasonable times, yet the whole Discourse is, or rather was, a picture of my own disposition, especially in such days and times as I have laid aside business, and gone a fishing with honest Nat. and R. Roe ; but they are gone, and with them most of my pleasant hours, even as a shadow that passeth away and returns not.