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... his pen ; but it is not unlikely that the following "Hexastichon Bibliopolac" was
written by Walton, notwithstanding that the name of the publisher is affixed to it : "
I see in his last preach'd and printed book, His picture in a sheet ; in Taul's I look.
... his pen ; but it is not unlikely that the following "Hexastichon Bibliopolac" was
written by Walton, notwithstanding that the name of the publisher is affixed to it : "
I see in his last preach'd and printed book, His picture in a sheet ; in Taul's I look.
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And if the author's glorious spirit, which now i« in heaven, can have the leisure to
look down and see me, the poorest, the meanest of all his friends, in the midst of
this officious duty, confident I am, that he will not disdain this well-meant ...
And if the author's glorious spirit, which now i« in heaven, can have the leisure to
look down and see me, the poorest, the meanest of all his friends, in the midst of
this officious duty, confident I am, that he will not disdain this well-meant ...
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For 'tis a prize worth gold ; and do not look Daily for such disbursements ; no, 'tis
rare. And should be cast up with thy richest ware. Reader, if thou be any or all
three (For these may meet and make a harmony), Then praise this author for his ...
For 'tis a prize worth gold ; and do not look Daily for such disbursements ; no, 'tis
rare. And should be cast up with thy richest ware. Reader, if thou be any or all
three (For these may meet and make a harmony), Then praise this author for his ...
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But when I look back upon the ruin of families, the bloodshed, the decay of
common honesty, and how the former piety and plain-dealing of this now sinful
nation is turned into cruelty and' cunning ; when I consider this, I praise God that
He ...
But when I look back upon the ruin of families, the bloodshed, the decay of
common honesty, and how the former piety and plain-dealing of this now sinful
nation is turned into cruelty and' cunning ; when I consider this, I praise God that
He ...
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A match, good Master, let's go to that house, for the linen looks white, and smells
of lavender, and I long to lie in a pair of sheets that smell so : let's be going, good
Master, for I am hungry again with fishing." Before they return, Piscator catches ...
A match, good Master, let's go to that house, for the linen looks white, and smells
of lavender, and I long to lie in a pair of sheets that smell so : let's be going, good
Master, for I am hungry again with fishing." Before they return, Piscator catches ...
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| Título | The Complete Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds Fish and Fishing |
| Autor | Izaak Walton |
| Traducido por | Charles Cotton |
| Editor | Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
| Procedencia del original | la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 22 May 2007 |
| N.º de páginas | 320 páginas |
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