 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
 | Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte - 1889 - 634 sider
...was 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...patience in those that professed and practised it."' So keen was he for this sport, that he used to say that " he would rather live five May months than... | |
 | Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte - 1889 - 638 sider
...spent ; 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...patience in those that professed and practised it." ' So keen was he for this sport, that he used to say that "he would rather live five May months than... | |
 | 1892 - 610 sider
...Wotton (who died in 1601, aged ninety-five years), that it was "a rest to his mind, acheererof his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet...moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness;" that "it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practiced it." THE BLUE-FISH.... | |
 | Edward Marston - 1892 - 202 sider
...Henry Wotton, " Angling was an employment for his idle time, and a rest to his mind, a cheerer to his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet...moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness." " Indeed," said Piscator, "we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, ' Doubtless God... | |
 | 1892 - 626 sider
...Wotton (who died in 1601, aged ninety-five years), that it was "a rest to his mind, acheererof his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet...moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness;" that "it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practiced it." THE BLUE-FISH.... | |
 | New Jersey. State hospital, Morris Plains - 1894 - 172 sider
...employment for their idle time, which was not then idly spent, a rest to the mind, a cheerer of the spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passion, a procurer of contentedness," and " that it begat habits of peace and patience." The most... | |
 | Eugene Field - 1896 - 314 sider
..."an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent; a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet...moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness, and a begetter of habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it!" There was another... | |
 | Eugene Field - 1896 - 282 sider
..."an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent; a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet...moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness, and a begetter of habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it! " There was another... | |
 | Eugene Field - 1896 - 284 sider
...calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness, and a begetter of habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it! " There was another man I should like to have met — Sir Henry Wotton ; for he was an ideal angler.... | |
 | Eugene Field - 1896 - 280 sider
...calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness, and a begetter of habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it! " There was another, man I should like to have met — Sir Henry Wotton; for he was an ideal angler.... | |
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