My next and last example shall be that under-valuer of money, the late Provost of Eton College, Sir Henry Wotton, a man with whom I have often fished and conversed, a man whose foreign employments in the service of this nation, and whose experience, learning,... Rambles by Rivers: The Thames - Página 8por James Thorne - 1847Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1839 - 736 páginas
...leaming) "shall be that undcrvaluer of money, the late provost of Eton college, sir Henry Wotton, a man with whom I have often fished and conversed ; a man...approbation of angling were sufficient to convince any modest censurer of it, was also a most dear lover, and a frequent practiser of my art : of which... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1842 - 532 páginas
...example shall be that undervaluer of money, the late Provost of Eton College, Sir Henry -Wotton, a man with whom I have often fished and conversed, a man...approbation of Angling were sufficient to convince any modest censurer of it, this man was also a most dear lover, and a frequent practiser of the art... | |
| John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 322 páginas
...next and last example shall be that undervaluer of money, the late Provost of Eton College, (a man with whom I have often fished and conversed), a man...and cheerfulness, made his company to be esteemed among the delights of mankind. This man, whose very approbation of angling were sufficient to convince... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1844 - 532 páginas
...example shall be that undervaluer of money, the late Provost of Eton College, Sir Henry Wotton : a man with whom I have often fished and conversed, a man...approbation of Angling were sufficient to convince any modest censurer of it, this man was also a most dear lover, and a frequent practiser of the art... | |
| Sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 236 páginas
...Henry Wotton, (a man with whom I have often fish'd and convers'd) a man whose forraign Imployments in the service of this Nation, and whose experience, learning, wit, and • Sec Walton's Lives, pp. 159, 177, ed. 1700. A curions aneedote . the same effect occurs in Walton's... | |
| sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 222 páginas
...Henry Wotton, (a man with whom I have often fish'd and convers'd) a man whose forraign Imployments in the service of this Nation, and whose experience, learning, wit, and * See Walton's Lives, pp. 159, 177, ed. 1798. A cnrions anecdote to the same effect occurs in Walton's... | |
| Sir Henry Wotton - 1815 - 236 páginas
...Henry Wotton, (a man with whom I have often fish'd and convers'd) a man whose forraign Imployments in the service of this Nation, and whose experience, learning, wit, and * See Walton's Lives, pp. 159, 177, ed. 1796. A curious anecdote to llie same effect occurs in Walton's... | |
| John Fisher Murray - 1849 - 388 páginas
...next and last example shall be that undervaluer of money, the late Provost of Eton College, (a man with whom I have often fished and conversed), a man...and cheerfulness, made his company to be esteemed among the delights of mankind. This man, whose very approbation of angling were sufficient to convince... | |
| Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1850 - 528 páginas
...Walton, " shall be that undervaluer of money, the late Provost of Eton College, Sir Henry Wotton, a man with whom I have often fished and conversed, a man...approbation of angling were sufficient to convince any modest censurer of it, this man was also a most dear lover and frequent practiser of the art of... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1851 - 502 páginas
...example shall be that tmdervaluer of money, the late Provost of Eton College, Sir Henry Wotton* a man with whom I have often fished and conversed ; a man...approbation of Angling were sufficient to convince any modest censurer of it ; this man was also a most dear lover, and a frequent practiser of the art... | |
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