 FAREWELL, thou busy world ! and may We never meet again : Here I can eat, and sleep, and pray, And do more good in one short day, Than he, who his whole age out-wears Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears.  The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Mans Recreation: Being a Discourse on ... - Sayfa 255Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton tarafından - 1839 - 396 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 512 sayfa
...the devil, Libera nos, &c. CHARLES COTTON, THE RETIREMENT. Stanzas irrcguliers. TO MR. ISAAC WALTON. FAREWELL thou busy world, and may We never meet again...conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice do reigh. ii. Good God ! how sweet are all things here ! How beautiful the fields appear ! How cleanly... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 sayfa
...the fatigues of his public employments, became the solace of his declining age. Farewell, thou f/uxy World ; and may We never meet again !— Here I can...Than he who his whole age out-wears Upon the most couspicuous theatres, Where nought but vict and vanity appear*' 56 DEAN SM'IJFT. Dear SOLITUDE! the... | |
 | 1821 - 444 sayfa
...Education are most valuable. *28. 1630. — CHARLES COTTON BORN. The RETIREMENT. Farewell, ttiou bnsie world, and may We never meet again : Here I can eat, and sleep, and pray, And doe more good in one short day, Than he who bis whole age out-wears £ Upon thy most conspicuous theatres,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1824 - 512 sayfa
...whole works could supply. THE RETIREMENT IRREGULAR STANZAS ADDRESSED TO MR. IZAAK WALTON I -T AREWELL thou busy world ! and may We never meet again : Here...good in one short day. Than he, who his whole age out wears Upon the most conspicuous theatres. Where nought but vanity and vice appears. II Good God... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1824 - 516 sayfa
...1676. THE RETIREMENT. IRREGULAR STANZAS, ADDRESSED TO MR. IZAAK WALTON. I. FAREWELL thou busy world I and may We never meet again : Here I can eat, and...good in one short day, Than he, who his whole age out wears Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears. n. Good God... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1824 - 518 sayfa
...works could supply. THE RETIREMENT. IRREGULAR STANZAS, ADDRESSED TO MR. IZAAK WALTON. I. .FAREWELL thuu busy world ! and may We never meet again: Here I can eat, and sleep, and praj, And do more good in one short day, Than he, who his whole age out wears Upon the most conspicuous... | |
 | 1832 - 336 sayfa
...the verses mentioned on page Ixxviii.] THE RETIREMENT. STANZES IRREGULIERS, TO MR. IZAAK WALTON. i. FAREWELL, thou busy world, and may We never meet again...theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears. ll. Good God ! how sweet are all things here ! How beautiful the fields appear ! How cleanly do we... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 348 sayfa
...the verses mentioned on page Ixxviii.] THE RETIREMENT. STANZES IRREGULIERS, TO MR. IZAAK WALTON. i. FAREWELL, thou busy world, and may We never meet again;...Here I can eat, and sleep, and pray, And do more good iu one short day Than he who his whole age out-wears Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where nought... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1836 - 358 sayfa
...can eat, and sleep, and pray, And do more good in one short day Than he who his whole age out-weara Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears. Good God ! how sweet are all things here l How beautiful the fields appear ! How cleanly do we feed... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 sayfa
...humble worshipper at the altar of truth would pronounce that being, Man—that endowment, Human Reason. FAREWELL, thou busy world, and may We never meet again...short day Than he who his whole age out-wears Upon thy most conspicuous theatres, Where nought but vanity and vice appears. Good God ! how sweet are all... | |
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