 ... cheerful thoughts possessed his mind, and those still increased by constant company at his table, of such persons as brought thither additions both of learning and pleasure : but some part of most days was usually spent in philosophical conclusions....  Temple Bar - Seite 269herausgegeben von - 1887Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Tulloch - 1872 - 494 Seiten
...was usually spent in philosophical conclusions. Nor did he forget," Walton characteristically adds, " his innate pleasure of angling, which he would usually call ' his idle time not idly spent ; ' saying often, ' he would rather live five May months than forty Decembers.' " 2 To his divinity... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1875 - 646 Seiten
...delightful amusement. Most trout-fishers will agree with Sir H. Wootton's sentiments, who ' did not forget his innate pleasure of angling,' which he would usually call ' his idle time not idly spent,' saying often, ' he would rather live five May months than forty Decembers.'* Fly-fishing, however,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1876 - 514 Seiten
...of learning and pleasure. But some part of most days was usually spent in philosophical conclusions. Nor did he forget his innate pleasure of angling ;...he would usually call his idle time, not idly spent : saying, he would rather live five May months, than forty Decembers. turesque bends of the river,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1876 - 524 Seiten
...and pleasure. But some part of most days was usually spent in philosophical conclusions. Nor did be forget his innate pleasure of angling; which he would usually call his idle time, not idly •pent : saying, he would rather live five May months, than forty Decembers. A common love of angling... | |
 | Osmund Lambert - 1881 - 106 Seiten
...NOTICE OF SOME BOOKS ON OTHER PISCATORIAL SUBJECTS. ' OSMUND LAMBERT. " Nor did he forget his inate pleasure of Angling, which he would usually call, ' his idle time not idly spent.' "—WALTON'S Life of Wotton. LONDON : SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, FLEET... | |
 | Thomas Westwood - 1883 - 442 Seiten
...ancients : with a notice of some books on other piscatorial subjects... " Nor did he forget his inate pleasure of angling, which he would usually call, ' his idle time not idly spent.' " London, Sampson Low, etc. 1881. pp. x. 87. 8°. Lambert (St. Ange). Nouveau manuel. Page 129, add... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 Seiten
...learning and pleasure ; but some part of most days was usually spent in philosophical conclusions. Nor did he forget his innate pleasure of angling,...would usually call "his idle time not idly spent;" saying often, "he would rather live five May months than forty Decembers." He was a great lover of... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 Seiten
...learning and pleasure ; but some part of most days was usually spent in philosophical conclusions. Nor did he forget his innate pleasure of angling,...would usually call "his idle time not idly spent;" saying often, "he would rather live five May months than forty Decembers." He was a great lover of... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Vernon Blackburn - 1895 - 344 Seiten
...learning and pleasure ; but some part of most days was usually spent in philosophical conclusions. Nor did he forget his innate pleasure of angling,...would usually call, ' his idle time not idly spent ; ' saying often, ' he would rather live five May months than forty Decembers.' He was a great lover... | |
 | Lady Eveline Camilla Gurdon - 1897 - 392 Seiten
...received by the King, and after a time of loyal service to James, Charles I., and Elizabeth, Oueen of Bohemia, he was finally, to his great satisfaction,...the century of Shakespeare and Bacon, Spenser and Raleigh. He had lived in foreign Courts, and had wandered over Europe. He had watched the march of... | |
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