 | 1823 - 782 sider
...the art of Angling ; of which he would say, ' 'Twas an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent:' for Angling was, after tedious study,...it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it.' Indeed, my friend, you will find Angling to be like the virtue of Humility,... | |
 | 1819 - 424 sider
...idly spent ;— -for angling • was, after tedious study, a rest to ' his mind, a cheerer of ¿is spirits, • a diverter of sadness, a calmer of '...thoughts, a moderator of • passions, a procurer of content' edness, and that it begat habits ' of peace and patience in those • who professed and practised... | |
 | Thomas Pike Lathy - 1822 - 274 sider
...practice : and Sir Henry Wotton describes it as an " employment for his idle time, which was " not then idly spent ; — for angling was, after " tedious...that it " begat habits of peace and patience in those " who professed, and practised it." So numerous, too, have been the recent writers in its favour, that... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 494 sider
...say, " it was an employment for his idle time, which was not then idly spent; for Angling was, after a tedious study, a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his...it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it." Indeed, my friend, you will find Angling to be like the virtue of Humility,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 490 sider
...the choice of this recreation were, that it was, " after tedious study, a rest to his mind, a chearer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of...moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness ; and begat habits of peace and patience."* These sentiments of Sir Henry Wotton, which are given in his... | |
 | 1823 - 772 sider
...the art of Angling ; of which he would say, ' 'Twas an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent :' for Angling was, after tedious study,...it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it.' Indeed, my friend, you will find Angling to be like the virtue of Humility,... | |
 | 1823 - 858 sider
...:' for Angling was, after tedious study, ' a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a divertcr of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator...it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it.' Indeed, my friend, you will find Angling to be like the virtue of Humility,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1824 - 512 sider
...the Art of Angling ; of which he would say, " 'Twas an employment for his idle " time, which was then not idly spent : " for Angling was, after tedious...begat habits of peace and patience in those "that professed and practised it." Indeed, my friend, you will find Angling to be like the virtue of Humility,... | |
 | J. Coad - 1826 - 264 sider
...; for angling was, afte» tedious study, a rest to his mi ml, a eheerer of his spirits, a deliverer of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of conteutedness ;' and, 'that it begat habks of peace and patience in those (hat professed and practised... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 809 sider
...Angling was, after tedious study, a rest to his mind, a cheererof his spirits, a diverter of Rad ness;, % u ] x {. t@ x D V ' x ; y o G A c ԅQt x$ "o g>_ =s W Wmy } I Valton. But against 1)141 thou sittcst afloat, Like Venus in her pearly boat ; The halcyons calming... | |
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... and that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it. 
