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" No life, my honest scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing,... "
Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings: To which is Added A Catalogue of ... - Page 19
by Thomas Boosey - 1835 - 255 pages
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 90

1822 - 850 pages
...up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say...
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The Lady's Magazine and Museum of the Belles-lettres, Fine Arts ..., Volume 6

1835 - 426 pages
...up with business, and the statesman in preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip-hanks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say...
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The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton:: Extensively ...

Izaak Walton - 1824 - 516 pages
...up with business, and the Statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip-banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good Scholar, we may say...
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The Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendrake, Esq., Pseud. in Ireland

J. Coad - 1826 - 264 pages
...with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit en cowslips banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, whkh we now see glide so quietly by us." ISAAC WAI/TON. Having, as mentioned...
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Trout and Salmon Fishing in Wales

George Agar Hansard - 1834 - 254 pages
...with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, there we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness, as these silent silver streams which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say...
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Outre-mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea, Volumes 1-2

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1835 - 496 pages
...with business, and th.> statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams we now see glide to quietly by UB." IZAAK WALTOM. IM that delicious season when...
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Beauties of the Country: Or, Descriptions of Rural Customs, Objects, Scenery ...

Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pages
...up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams which we now see glide so smoothly by us. Indeed we may say of angling as Dr....
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Blackwood's Lady's Magazine of the Belles Lettres, Music, Fine Arts, Drama ...

Blackwood's Lady's Magazine VOL.X 1841 - 1841 - 500 pages
...with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslips' banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as those silver streams which we now see glide as quietly by us. Indeed, we may say of angling, as Dr....
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The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse ...

Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1842 - 532 pages
...up with business, and the Statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip-banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say...
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Knight's Penny Magazine, Volume 13

1844 - 520 pages
...up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say...
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