Izaak Walton and His FriendsChapman & Hall, limited, 1904 - 263 pages |
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... called by the name of Izaak . Of Walton's youth we know nothing for certain . We may well believe that it was spotless and that he possessed " self - reverence , self - knowledge , self- control , " added to that which St Augustine has ...
... called by the name of Izaak . Of Walton's youth we know nothing for certain . We may well believe that it was spotless and that he possessed " self - reverence , self - knowledge , self- control , " added to that which St Augustine has ...
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... is never recorded that Walton was on terms of intimacy with any of the leading nonconformists of his day . He might have known John Milton , since Wotton called him friend , and he might have 12 IZAAK WALTON AND His friendS.
... is never recorded that Walton was on terms of intimacy with any of the leading nonconformists of his day . He might have known John Milton , since Wotton called him friend , and he might have 12 IZAAK WALTON AND His friendS.
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Stapleton Martin. since Wotton called him friend , and he might have known Richard Baxter , but we never read that he even came into contact with either of them . The Complete Angler and The Pilgrim's Progress are two of the most popular ...
Stapleton Martin. since Wotton called him friend , and he might have known Richard Baxter , but we never read that he even came into contact with either of them . The Complete Angler and The Pilgrim's Progress are two of the most popular ...
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... called an Evening Lecture , in St Dunstan's Church , where a brawling trooper filled that pulpit which was once occupied by ye learned and heavenly - minded Dr Donne " : - 1 Jeremy Taylor , in his Holy Dying , writes : " I desire to die ...
... called an Evening Lecture , in St Dunstan's Church , where a brawling trooper filled that pulpit which was once occupied by ye learned and heavenly - minded Dr Donne " : - 1 Jeremy Taylor , in his Holy Dying , writes : " I desire to die ...
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... called Walton " a sentimental savage , ' and said of angling that it was " the cursedest , coldest , and the stupidest of sports . " As if to resent the term " carnifex " being applied to him , Walton says of himself : " I am not of a ...
... called Walton " a sentimental savage , ' and said of angling that it was " the cursedest , coldest , and the stupidest of sports . " As if to resent the term " carnifex " being applied to him , Walton says of himself : " I am not of a ...
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Page 226 - WILT Thou forgive that sin, where I begun, Which was my sin though it were done before ? Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run And do run still, though still I do deplore ? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page 234 - Not so, my heart: but there is fruit, And thou hast hands. Recover all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures: leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit, and not; forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands, Which...
Page 53 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 240 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will, Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!
Page 16 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of th' everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
Page 236 - I aspire To a full consent. Not a word or look I affect to own, But by book, And Thy book alone. Though I fail, I weep ; Though I halt in pace, Yet I creep To the throne of grace.
Page 232 - Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in any thing To do it as for Thee.
Page 228 - As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say 'The breath goes now,' and some say 'No'; So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests move; 'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of th...
Page 35 - All these, and many more of His creation That made the heavens, the Angler oft doth see ; Taking therein no little delectation, To think how strange, how wonderful, they be ! Framing thereof an inward contemplation, To set his heart from other fancies free ; And whilst he looks on these with joyful eye, His mind is rapt above the starry sky.
Page 242 - Thinking your passions understood By your weak accents; what's your praise When Philomel her voice shall raise ? You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own ; What are you when the rose is blown ? So, when my mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not design'd Th...