The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Hebert, and Sanderson, Volume 1Hilliard, Gray, 1832 |
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Page xlv
... he spent his time in that mutual re- ciprocation of benevolent offices , which constitutes the blessedness of virtuous friendship . He expe- rienced many marks of favor from the Bishop of Winchester OF IZAAK WALTON . xlv.
... he spent his time in that mutual re- ciprocation of benevolent offices , which constitutes the blessedness of virtuous friendship . He expe- rienced many marks of favor from the Bishop of Winchester OF IZAAK WALTON . xlv.
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Izaak Walton. rienced many marks of favor from the Bishop of Winchester , of whose kindness to him he has sig- nified his remembrance in the ring bequeathed at his death , with this expressive motto , " A MITE FOR A MILLION . " It was ...
Izaak Walton. rienced many marks of favor from the Bishop of Winchester , of whose kindness to him he has sig- nified his remembrance in the ring bequeathed at his death , with this expressive motto , " A MITE FOR A MILLION . " It was ...
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... favor even of his mean- est friend . Neal , in his " History of the Puritans , " introduces an erroneous quotation from " Walton's Life of Mr. Hooker . " Dr. Warburton , in his notes on that history ( Warburton's Works , Vol . VII . p ...
... favor even of his mean- est friend . Neal , in his " History of the Puritans , " introduces an erroneous quotation from " Walton's Life of Mr. Hooker . " Dr. Warburton , in his notes on that history ( Warburton's Works , Vol . VII . p ...
Page lxxiii
... favor of his art , and to assert its preference as well to hawking as hunting . The third and fourth editions of his book have several entire new chapters ; and the fifth , the last of the editions published in his life- time , contains ...
... favor of his art , and to assert its preference as well to hawking as hunting . The third and fourth editions of his book have several entire new chapters ; and the fifth , the last of the editions published in his life- time , contains ...
Page lxxv
... favor of Walton's au- thority in matters respecting fish and fishing . And it will hardly be thought a diminution of that of Ful- ler , to say , that he was acquainted with , and a friend of , the person whom he thus implicitly commends ...
... favor of Walton's au- thority in matters respecting fish and fishing . And it will hardly be thought a diminution of that of Ful- ler , to say , that he was acquainted with , and a friend of , the person whom he thus implicitly commends ...
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Page 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.
Page xliii - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 55 - Mourning 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...
Page 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.
Page 155 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Page 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.
Page 84 - SINCE I am coming to that Holy room, Where, with thy Quire of Saints for evermore, I shall be made thy Music; as I come I tune the Instrument here at the door, And what I must do then, think here before.
Page xlviii - Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instructions...
Page 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.
Page 86 - The latter part of his life may be said to be a continued study; for as he usually preached once a week, if not oftener, so after his sermon he never gave his eyes rest, till he had chosen out a new text, and that night cast his sermon into a form, and his text into divisions...