Oh, the gallant fisher's life!
It is the best of any;
'T is full of pleasure, void of strife,
And 't is beloved by many.
-- Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
-- The Angler
It is the best of any;
'T is full of pleasure, void of strife,
And 't is beloved by many.
-- Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
-- The Angler
Related:
- This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.
Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part... - An excellent angler, and now with God.
-- Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
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The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap.... - As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.
Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Author's... - Angling is somewhat like poetry,--men are to be born so.
Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part... - Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Compleat Angler, Part... - I am, sir, a Brother of the Angle.
-- Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
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The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap.... - No man can lose what he never had.
-- Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
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The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap.... - Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.
-- Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
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The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap.... - We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler
-- Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
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The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap....
