The Complete Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds Fish and FishingChatto and Windus, 1875 - 525 páginas |
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... means by which he was supported , nothing whatever is known . He received a good , though not , strictly speaking , a classical education , and it is likely that he was sent to the grammar - school of his native town ; but not a single ...
... means by which he was supported , nothing whatever is known . He received a good , though not , strictly speaking , a classical education , and it is likely that he was sent to the grammar - school of his native town ; but not a single ...
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... mean to speak his praise , too mean to show The world what it hath lost in losing thee , Whose words and deeds were perfect harmony . But now ' tis lost ; lost in the silent grave , Lost to us mortals , lost , till we shall have ...
... mean to speak his praise , too mean to show The world what it hath lost in losing thee , Whose words and deeds were perfect harmony . But now ' tis lost ; lost in the silent grave , Lost to us mortals , lost , till we shall have ...
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... mean- time , bless , O Lord ! Lord , bless his brethren , the clergy of this nation , with ardent desires , and effectual endeavours to attain , if not to his great learning , yet to his remarkable meekness , his godly simplicity , and ...
... mean- time , bless , O Lord ! Lord , bless his brethren , the clergy of this nation , with ardent desires , and effectual endeavours to attain , if not to his great learning , yet to his remarkable meekness , his godly simplicity , and ...
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... means established , and some remarks on the point will be found in a subsequent page . The fourth edition of " The Complete Angler " appeared in 1668 , and is stated in the title - page to have been " much corrected and enlarged . " It ...
... means established , and some remarks on the point will be found in a subsequent page . The fourth edition of " The Complete Angler " appeared in 1668 , and is stated in the title - page to have been " much corrected and enlarged . " It ...
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... mean abilities , it is not without some little wonder at myself , that I am come to be publicly in print . And though I have in those introductions declared some of the accidental reasons : yet , let me add this to what is there said ...
... mean abilities , it is not without some little wonder at myself , that I am come to be publicly in print . And though I have in those introductions declared some of the accidental reasons : yet , let me add this to what is there said ...
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