 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1796 - 640 pages
...words, " the pleafantnefs of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot be defcribed, unlefs Sir .Philip Sidney, or Mr. Cotton's father were again...of the reign of Charles II. the violence of faction burft forth with renovated fury. The difcontents of the Nonconformifts were daily increafing; while... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1807 - 514 pages
...words, " the plea" fintnels of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot " be defcribed, unlefs Sir Philip Sidney, or Mr. Cotton's father " were again alive to do it*." • In the latter years of the rëîgn of Charles II. the violence of faftion barft forth with renovated fury. The difcontents of... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 820 pages
...his own Words, " the pleasantness of the River, Mountains, and Meadows about, cannot be described, unless SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, or Mr. COTTON'S Father, were again alive to do it." " Oh my belov'd Nymph, fair Dove! Princess of Rivers ! how I love Upon thy flowing banks to lie, And... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 568 pages
...use his own Words, " the pleasantness of the River,Mouutains, and Meadows about, cannot be described, unless SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, or Mr. COTTON'S Father, were again alive to do it." " Oh my belov'd Nymph, fair Done! Princess of Rivers! how I love Upon thy flowing banks to lie, And... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1817 - 740 pages
...own words, " the pleasantness of " the river, mountains, and meadows about it, " cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney, or " Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to do it '." Stafford, on the banks of the river Dove ; tad not far frtro l).>\i>dii)» ; of the beauties of... | |
 | Thomas Zouch - 1826 - 160 pages
...hope, when his straitened circumstances are remembered, that his sun set brighter than it rose, but this supposition seems to be contradicted by a fact,...renovated fury. The discontents of the Nonconformists were-daily increasing ; while Popery assumed fresh hopes of re-establishing itself by fomenting and... | |
 | 1832 - 336 pages
...his own words, " the pleasantness of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney, or Mr. Cotton's father were...do it." In the latter years of the reign of Charles the Second, the violence of faction burst forth with renovated fury. The discontents of the Nonconformists... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 330 pages
...his own words, " the pleasantness of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney, or Mr. Cotton's father were...do it." In the latter years of the reign of Charles the Second, the violence of faction burst forth with renovated fury. The discontents of the Nonconformists... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1833 - 350 pages
...house has been described ; but the pleasantness of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot, unless Sir 'Philip Sidney, or Mr Cotton's father, were again alive to do it. — I. \V. have been f I have been favoured with an accurate description of this fishing ml the . „... | |
 | 1840 - 756 pages
...tells us, that " the pleasantness of the river, mountains, and meadows about it cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney or Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to do it." Charles Cotton was a country gentleman, of ancient family and high connections, and a poet withal.... | |
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So beauteous did the scenery of this delightful spot appear to him, that, to use his own words, " the pleasantness of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney, or Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to... 
