The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Walton's LivesHilliard, 1832 |
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Σελίδα ix
... usually wrote his name , IZAAK WALTON adorned with a guileless simplicity of manners , claims from every good man the tribute of applause . It was his ambition ( and surely a more honorable ambition cannot be excited in the human breast ) ...
... usually wrote his name , IZAAK WALTON adorned with a guileless simplicity of manners , claims from every good man the tribute of applause . It was his ambition ( and surely a more honorable ambition cannot be excited in the human breast ) ...
Σελίδα xxi
... dy- ing soon afterward , had no opportunity of revising and amending his very imperfect and inaccurate memoir . This was followed by " The Life of Mr. George Herbert , " usually called " the Divine Her- OF IZAAK WALTON . xxi.
... dy- ing soon afterward , had no opportunity of revising and amending his very imperfect and inaccurate memoir . This was followed by " The Life of Mr. George Herbert , " usually called " the Divine Her- OF IZAAK WALTON . xxi.
Σελίδα xxii
George Herbert , " usually called " the Divine Her- bert , " in 1670. In 1678 , he concluded his bio- graphical labors with " The Life of Dr. Robert San- derson . " Previous to the publication of this last work he received the following ...
George Herbert , " usually called " the Divine Her- bert , " in 1670. In 1678 , he concluded his bio- graphical labors with " The Life of Dr. Robert San- derson . " Previous to the publication of this last work he received the following ...
Σελίδα xxviii
... usually all his fish , among the poor , saying , that " charity gave life to religion . " An elegant Latin poem , written by Dr. Simon Ford , was inscribed to Archbishop Shel- don , who , in his younger years , being fond of this ...
... usually all his fish , among the poor , saying , that " charity gave life to religion . " An elegant Latin poem , written by Dr. Simon Ford , was inscribed to Archbishop Shel- don , who , in his younger years , being fond of this ...
Σελίδα xxxiii
... usually spent his vernal months , carrying with him the best and choicest of all earth- ly blessings , a contemplative mind , a cheerful dis- position , an active and a healthful body . So beaute- ous did the scenery of this delightful ...
... usually spent his vernal months , carrying with him the best and choicest of all earth- ly blessings , a contemplative mind , a cheerful dis- position , an active and a healthful body . So beaute- ous did the scenery of this delightful ...
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
acquaintance Albertus Morton ambassador angling attend beloved Bishop Bishop of Chichester blessed Bocton body Charles Cotton cheerful Christian church of England commended Complete Angler Dean dear death desire died discourse divers divine Donne's Earl eminent employment father favor forbear friendship gave George Herbert give happy hath holy honor Hooker humble Izaak Walton John Donne Julius Cæsar king James language late learning leave letter live London Lord majesty memory ment merit mind ness Nicholas Wotton occasion Oxford person piety praise prayer preach present professed queen reader religion republic of Venice Richard Hooker sacred sermons Sir Henry Savile Sir Henry Wotton Sir Robert sorrow soul spirit thenne Thomas Thomas Ken thou thought tion truth unto Venice verse virtues virtuous wife worthy writ write written youth
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Σελίδα 79 - WILT thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was ray 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.
Σελίδα 79 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Σελίδα xliii - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Σελίδα xxxiii - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Σελίδα xlviii - Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instructions...
Σελίδα iv - O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness to die ! Methinks their very names shine still and bright ; Apart, — like glowworms on a summer night ; Or lonely tapers when from far they fling A guiding ray ; or seen, like stars on high, Satellites burning in a lucid ring Around meek Walton's heavenly memory.
Σελίδα xciv - How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read and meditate and write, By none offended, and offending none ! To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's own ease ; And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease.
Σελίδα 56 - Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th
Σελίδα 55 - 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...
Σελίδα 155 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.