Izaak Walton and His FriendsChapman & Hall, 1903 - 263 pages |
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Page 16
... , we may be sure , have attracted him . The sight of the churches staggering backward to the mummeries of the dark ages would probably have made him " tremble for the ark . " He would have 16 IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS.
... , we may be sure , have attracted him . The sight of the churches staggering backward to the mummeries of the dark ages would probably have made him " tremble for the ark . " He would have 16 IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS.
Page 19
... probably adopted the direction to " decline the company and society of known schismatics , not conversing frequently or familiarly with them , or more than the necessary affairs of life and the rules of neighbourhood and common civility ...
... probably adopted the direction to " decline the company and society of known schismatics , not conversing frequently or familiarly with them , or more than the necessary affairs of life and the rules of neighbourhood and common civility ...
Page 20
... probably one of those of whom Sydney Smith , the witty Canon of St Paul's Cathedral , sarcastically said : " He could gesticulate away the congregation of the most profound and learned divine of the Established Church , and in two ...
... probably one of those of whom Sydney Smith , the witty Canon of St Paul's Cathedral , sarcastically said : " He could gesticulate away the congregation of the most profound and learned divine of the Established Church , and in two ...
Page 29
... ' kitchens that had come to England for forty years , and drest fish for them . " It was probably he who gave Walton instructions of a culinary nature , for the reader of The Complete Angler IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS 29.
... ' kitchens that had come to England for forty years , and drest fish for them . " It was probably he who gave Walton instructions of a culinary nature , for the reader of The Complete Angler IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS 29.
Page 32
... probably had The Complete Angler in view when he said , he rejected " idle superstitious observances , and weak fabulous accounts of natural causes . " He also says : " The great advantage , as well as ornament of this book , and which ...
... probably had The Complete Angler in view when he said , he rejected " idle superstitious observances , and weak fabulous accounts of natural causes . " He also says : " The great advantage , as well as ornament of this book , and which ...
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