Izaak Walton and His FriendsChapman & Hall, 1903 - 263 pages |
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Page 25
... seen in the be- ginning of July , " some parts of a river not far from Canterbury covered over with young eels about the thickness of a straw . " He writes of himself as a man who is a master of his art , thus cock sure of his knowledge ...
... seen in the be- ginning of July , " some parts of a river not far from Canterbury covered over with young eels about the thickness of a straw . " He writes of himself as a man who is a master of his art , thus cock sure of his knowledge ...
Page 32
... seen in print , but to evidence that he's not ashamed to own the work . I think that at least until the year 1740 , when John Williamson published The British Angler ; or , A Pocket Companion for Gentlemen - Fishers , little advancement ...
... seen in print , but to evidence that he's not ashamed to own the work . I think that at least until the year 1740 , when John Williamson published The British Angler ; or , A Pocket Companion for Gentlemen - Fishers , little advancement ...
Page 43
... seen that The Universal Angler has had bound up with it The Complete Troller ; or , The Art of Trolling , making four volumes in one . This last- named book is described in the preface to a book entitled The Whole Art of Fishing ( E ...
... seen that The Universal Angler has had bound up with it The Complete Troller ; or , The Art of Trolling , making four volumes in one . This last- named book is described in the preface to a book entitled The Whole Art of Fishing ( E ...
Page 50
... seen his name or initials ( all , however , may not be genuine ) , and now and again some book will turn up at auction , ear - marked in that way , as having been once in his possession , and therefore fetching far more than its fair ...
... seen his name or initials ( all , however , may not be genuine ) , and now and again some book will turn up at auction , ear - marked in that way , as having been once in his possession , and therefore fetching far more than its fair ...
Page 60
... seen twice in no man's company he does not like , and likes none but such as he believes to be very honest men , which is one of the best arguments , or at least of the best testimonies I have , that I either am , or that he thinks me ...
... seen twice in no man's company he does not like , and likes none but such as he believes to be very honest men , which is one of the best arguments , or at least of the best testimonies I have , that I either am , or that he thinks me ...
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angling appears Archbishop Archbishop Sancroft became Beresford Bishop Bishop of Lincoln born buried Cambridge Canon CHAPTER Charles Cotton Christ Church Christ's College College Complete Angler Cotton Club daughter Dean death died Donne's dost Dr Johnson Duport edition educated England fish fishing-house Franck friendship George Herbert give Hall happy Harris Nicholas hath Henry Wotton History holy honest Hooker Isaac IZAAK WALTON JAMES DUPORT John JOHN DONNE King learned live London Lord married Master memory monument Morley Notes and Queries Oxford Parish poems portrait praise Prayer preached published reader Richard Salisbury Sanderson Savoy Conference seal seems sermon soul St Dunstan's Church St John's St John's College St Paul's Cathedral Stafford thee thine Thomas Thou hast thought Venables verses Walton and Cotton Walton says wife William WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL Worcester words worth write written wrote