 No life, my honest Scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant, as the life of a wellgoverned Angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip-banks, hear the birds sing,...  Knight's Penny Magazine - Pagina 2311844Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Boosey - 1835 - 328 pagina’s
...no life so happy, so pleasant, as the life of a well governed angler, — there we sit in cowslips, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silver streams which we now see glide so quietly by us. Isaac Walton. Isaac Walton being so well known,... | |
 | Thomas Boosey - 1835 - 328 pagina’s
...no life so happy, so pleasant, as the life of a well governed angler, — there we sit in cowslips, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silver streams which we now see glide so quietly by us. Isaac Walton. Isaac Walton being so well known,... | |
 | 1842 - 584 pagina’s
...HALIFUS. " No life, my honest scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of • well-governed angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with business, and the •talesman is preventing or contriving plots— then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing,... | |
 | Blackwood's Lady's Magazine VOL.X 1841 - 1841 - 500 pagina’s
...contemplation and quietness. " No life," he says, " so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with business,...is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslips' banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as those silver streams... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1842 - 532 pagina’s
...beech-tree. No life, my honest scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed Angler ; for when the Lawyer is swallowed up with...is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip-banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1844 - 532 pagina’s
...beech-tree. No life, my honest Scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant, as the life of a well-governed Angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with...is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip-banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver... | |
 | John Walker Ord - 1845 - 434 pagina’s
...ANGLIANA, No. IV. " No life, my honest scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as a well-governed angler ; for, when the lawyer is swallowed up with...banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as mueh quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my... | |
 | John Lavicount Anderdon - 1845 - 254 pagina’s
...let me read you these natural thoughts out of his book. — Here it is: ' No life, my honest scholar, no life so happy ' and so pleasant as the life of...up ' with business, and the statesman is preventing 228 ' or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip * banks, bear the birds sing, and possess our' selves... | |
 | 1845 - 688 pagina’s
...be, is original with him. WALTONIANA. No life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with...and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, there we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these... | |
 | 1845 - 732 pagina’s
...with him. 1845.] [April, WALTONIANA. No life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with...and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, there we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these... | |
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