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... half the time were given to keep strong that is consumed in the hopeless effort to get strong , there would be fewer invalids in the land fewer men prematurely aged , and fewer women bent and broken in the midst of their years ...
... half the time were given to keep strong that is consumed in the hopeless effort to get strong , there would be fewer invalids in the land fewer men prematurely aged , and fewer women bent and broken in the midst of their years ...
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... half his days . " Those who deliberately and from a settled purpose to get gain at any cost , wear them- selves out prematurely , are foremost among " the wicked " referred to ; and the admonition is for their benefit quite as much as ...
... half his days . " Those who deliberately and from a settled purpose to get gain at any cost , wear them- selves out prematurely , are foremost among " the wicked " referred to ; and the admonition is for their benefit quite as much as ...
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... Half the pleasure of the " good times " of life is lost by the rush and hurry with which they are begun and ended . Just now , for the first time in half a century , I am in no hurry . It is a new sensation and I rather like it ...
... Half the pleasure of the " good times " of life is lost by the rush and hurry with which they are begun and ended . Just now , for the first time in half a century , I am in no hurry . It is a new sensation and I rather like it ...
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... half the time last June . That of a year ago was a wonderful catch - probably unsurpassed by any thing which ever before passed into the angling records of either the old world or the new . Mr. FORBES does honor to old Harvard , whether ...
... half the time last June . That of a year ago was a wonderful catch - probably unsurpassed by any thing which ever before passed into the angling records of either the old world or the new . Mr. FORBES does honor to old Harvard , whether ...
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... half that price in St. John ) , and a steel gaff ( $ 2 ) . The rods and lines may be duplicated if " expense is no object ; " but only by some unforeseen accident or inexcusable carelessness need either the one or the But other give out ...
... half that price in St. John ) , and a steel gaff ( $ 2 ) . The rods and lines may be duplicated if " expense is no object ; " but only by some unforeseen accident or inexcusable carelessness need either the one or the But other give out ...
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Page 253 - ... when I would beget content, and increase confidence in the power and wisdom and providence of Almighty God, I will walk the meadows, by some gliding stream, and there contemplate the lilies that take no care, and those very many other various little living creatures that are not only created, but fed (man knows not how) by the goodness of the God of nature, and therefore trust in him.
Page v - 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 business, and the Statesman 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 streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.
Page 66 - Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did ; " and so, if I might be judge, " God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
Page 203 - I mean with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice : but he that hopes to be a good angler, must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a love and propensity to the art itself...
Page 132 - God pity them both ! and pity us all. Who vainly the dreams of youth recall, For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these:
Page 217 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page v - Here's no fantastic masque, nor dance, But of our kids that frisk and prance ; Nor wars are seen, Unless upon the green Two harmless lambs are butting one...
Page 9 - ... the primitive Christians, who were, as most anglers are, quiet men, and followers of peace ; men that were so simply wise, as not to sell their consciences to buy riches, and with them vexation and a fear to die ; if you mean such simple men as lived in those times when there were fewer lawyers...
Page 114 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Page 235 - Oh ! the gallant fisher's life, It is the best of any ; 'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis beloved by many : Other joys Are but toys, Only this Lawful is ; For our skill Breeds no ill, But content and pleasure.