The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Walton's LivesHilliard, 1832 |
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Página xiii
... cause . In many of his writings he pathetically laments the afflictions of his sovereign , and the wretched condition of his beloved country , involved in all the miseries of intestine dis- sentions . The incident of his being ...
... cause . In many of his writings he pathetically laments the afflictions of his sovereign , and the wretched condition of his beloved country , involved in all the miseries of intestine dis- sentions . The incident of his being ...
Página xvii
... caused the " Biathanatos " to be printed . If he was determined , at all events , to disregard the injunctions of parental authority , would it not have been more expedient to have committed the manuscript to the flames , rather than to ...
... caused the " Biathanatos " to be printed . If he was determined , at all events , to disregard the injunctions of parental authority , would it not have been more expedient to have committed the manuscript to the flames , rather than to ...
Página xxxiii
... caused the words , " PISCATORIBUS SACRUM , " with a cipher underneath , comprehending the in- itial letters of both their names , to be inscribed on the front of his fishing - house . This little building was situated near the banks of ...
... caused the words , " PISCATORIBUS SACRUM , " with a cipher underneath , comprehending the in- itial letters of both their names , to be inscribed on the front of his fishing - house . This little building was situated near the banks of ...
Página xlvi
... cause to complain that his merit was unnoticed , or unre- warded . Mr. Izaak Walton , junior , was educated at Christ Church in Oxford . Whilst he was Bache- lor of Arts he attended his uncle , Mr. Ken , to Rome , where he was present ...
... cause to complain that his merit was unnoticed , or unre- warded . Mr. Izaak Walton , junior , was educated at Christ Church in Oxford . Whilst he was Bache- lor of Arts he attended his uncle , Mr. Ken , to Rome , where he was present ...
Página lii
... cause of religion , as well by his writings as by his exemplary conduct ? The corporation of Stafford have publicly pro- nounced him their worthy and generous benefactor . Of his singular munificence to the poor inhabitants of this his ...
... cause of religion , as well by his writings as by his exemplary conduct ? The corporation of Stafford have publicly pro- nounced him their worthy and generous benefactor . Of his singular munificence to the poor inhabitants of this his ...
Términos y frases comunes
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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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página xliii - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Página 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.
Página xlviii - Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instructions...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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
Página 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...
Página 155 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.