The Complete Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing, Volume 1Nattali and Bond, 1860 |
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... give days Past marble monuments to those whose praise He would perpetuate ? Did he ( I fear The dull will doubt ) these at his twentieth year ? But , more matur'd , did his full soul conceive , And in harmonious , holy numbers weave A ...
... give days Past marble monuments to those whose praise He would perpetuate ? Did he ( I fear The dull will doubt ) these at his twentieth year ? But , more matur'd , did his full soul conceive , And in harmonious , holy numbers weave A ...
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... give him such a wife as was suitable to his own desires ; a wife that made his life happy , by being always content when he was cheerful ; that was always cheerful when he was content ; that divided her joys with him , and abated of his ...
... give him such a wife as was suitable to his own desires ; a wife that made his life happy , by being always content when he was cheerful ; that was always cheerful when he was content ; that divided her joys with him , and abated of his ...
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... give curious ears content . If thou would'st be a Merchant , buy this book , For ' tis a prize worth gold ; and do not look Daily for such disbursements ; no , ' tis rare , And should be cast up with thy richest ware . Reader , if thou ...
... give curious ears content . If thou would'st be a Merchant , buy this book , For ' tis a prize worth gold ; and do not look Daily for such disbursements ; no , ' tis rare , And should be cast up with thy richest ware . Reader , if thou ...
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... give Sorrow and verse their way ; nor will I grieve Longer in silence ; no , that poor , poor part Of nature's legacy , verse void of art , And undissembled tears , Cartwright shall have Fixt on his hearse ; and wept into his grave ...
... give Sorrow and verse their way ; nor will I grieve Longer in silence ; no , that poor , poor part Of nature's legacy , verse void of art , And undissembled tears , Cartwright shall have Fixt on his hearse ; and wept into his grave ...
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... gives of many events of the period , in his life of Hooker and of Sanderson , are worthy of the attention of historians . He introduces his account of the Scotch cove- nanters , and the proceedings of the long parliament , in his life ...
... gives of many events of the period , in his life of Hooker and of Sanderson , are worthy of the attention of historians . He introduces his account of the Scotch cove- nanters , and the proceedings of the long parliament , in his life ...
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The Complete Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being ..., Volume 1 Izaak Walton,Charles Cotton Visualização integral - 1860 |
The Complete Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being ..., Volume 1 Izaak Walton,Charles Cotton Visualização integral - 1860 |
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Página 116 - 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.
Página cxxxiii - THERE are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing.
Página cxxi - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased.
Página 116 - There will we sit upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.
Página cxxi - Lark, when she means to rejoice, to cheer herself and those that hear her, she then quits the earth, and sings as she ascends higher into the air; and having ended her heavenly employment, grows then mute and sad to think she must descend to the dull earth, which she would not touch but for necessity.
Página 120 - 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. But Time drives flocks from field to fold; When rivers rage and rocks grow cold; And Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come.
Página 82 - Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t' embrace And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war and wantonness. Let them that list, these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill ; So I the fields and meadows green may view, And daily by fresh rivers walk at will, Among the daisies and the violets blue, Red hyacinth and yellow daffodil, Purple narcissus like the morning rays, Pale gander-grass, and azure culverkeys.
Página 42 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water : and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him : And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Página 79 - My next and last example shall be that undervaluer of money, the late Provost of Eton College, Sir Henry Wotton ; a man with whom I have often fished and conversed, a man whose foreign employments in the service of this nation, and whose experience, learning, wit, and cheerfulness made his company to be esteemed one of the delights of mankind.