 Twas an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent : ' for Angling was, after tedious study, ' a rest to his mind, a cheerer of Ms spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness...  The Compleat Angler - Side 56af Izaak Walton - 1915 - 398 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1810 - 618 sider
...diverter of sadness, a calmer nt unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of ccntentedness; and that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it. Indeed, my fnend, you will tind angling to be like the virtue of humility, which lias a calmness ofipirit, and... | |
 | 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 Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1820 - 790 sider
...brother of the angle. He said, that " after his study, angling was a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passion, a procurer of contentedness ; and it. begets habits of peace and patience ir» those that... | |
 | Thomas Pike Lathy - 1822 - 274 sider
...then idly spent ; — for angling was, after " tedious study, a rest to his mind, a cheerer " of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer " of unquiet...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, John Hawkins - 1822 - 486 sider
...choice of this recreation were, that it wasj " after tedious study, a rest to his mind, a chearer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet...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... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1824 - 516 sider
...then not idly spent :" for Angling was, after tedious study, " a rest to his mind, a " cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a " calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of pas" sions, a procurer of contentedness :" and " that G f< it begat habits of peace and patience in... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 sider
...Not of earth only, but of highest heaven. ílíltun'i Parador Latí Angling was, after tedious study, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of cimtcntfdncu. WaUon't Angler. One thought content the good to be enjoyed ; This every little accident... | |
 | 1868 - 522 sider
...and would frequently say thereof that it was, after his study, a rest to his mind, a chearer to his spirits, a diverter of sadness. a calmer of unquiet...passions, a procurer of contentedness, and that it begot habits of peace and patience in those that profess and practise it." There can be no doubt, despite... | |
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