 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1828 - 300 pages
...the time bestowed upon angling has not been thrown away. The most important principle perhaps in life is to have a pursuit — a useful one if possible, and at all events an innocent one. And the scenes you have enjoyed — the contemplations to which they have led, and the exercise in... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...Journey to India. THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A PURSUIT. THE most important principle, perhaps, in life, is to have a pursuit — a useful one if possible, and at a" events an innocent one. The unripe fruit of the tree of knowledge is, I believe, always bitter or... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 418 pages
...the time bestowed upon angling has not been thrown away. The most important principle perhaps in life is to have a pursuit — a useful one if possible, and at all events an innocent one. And the scenes you have enjoyed — the contemplations to which they have led, and the exercise in... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 396 pages
...the time bestowed upon angling has not been thrown away. The most important principle perhaps in life is to have a pursuit — a useful one if possible, and at all events an innocent one. And the scenes you have enjoyed — the contemplations to which they have led, and the exercise in... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 402 pages
...the time bestowed upon angling has not been thrown away. The most important principle perhaps in life is to have a pursuit — a useful one if possible, and at all events an innocent one. And the scenes you have enjoyed the contemplations to which they have led, and the exercise in which... | |
 | John Davy - 1836 - 436 pages
...time bestowed on angling has not been thrown away. The most important principle, perhaps, in life, is to have a pursuit, — a useful one if possible, and at all events an innocent one ; and the scenes you have enjoyed, the contemplations to which they have led, and the exercise in which... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 pages
...time bestowed upon angling has not been thrown away. The most important principle in life is perhaps to have a pursuit — a useful one if possible, and at all events an innocent one. And the scenes you',bave enjoyed — ihe contemplations to which they have led, and the eiercise in... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 446 pages
...the time bestowed upon angling has not been thrown away. The most important principle perhaps in life is to have a pursuit— a useful one if possible, and at all events an innocent one. And the scenes you have enjoyed — the contemplations to which they have led, and the exercise in... | |
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I trust you will confess the time bestowed upon angling has not been thrown away. The most important principle perhaps in life is to have a pursuit — a useful one if possible, and at all events an innocent one. 
