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" Twas an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent ' : for Angling was, after tedious study, ' a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness... "
All the Year Round - Page 136
1869
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 14

1823 - 782 pages
...idly spent:' for Angling was, after tedious study, ' a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts,...moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness :' and ' that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it.' Indeed, my...
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Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the ..., Volume 3

1819 - 424 pages
...;— -for angling • was, after tedious study, a rest to ' his mind, a cheerer of ¿is spirits, • a diverter of sadness, a calmer of ' unquiet thoughts, a moderator of • passions, a procurer of content' edness, and that it begat habits ' of peace and patience in those • who professed and practised...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 14

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1820 - 790 pages
...the angle. He said, that " after his study, angling was a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passion, a procurer of contentedness ; and it. begets habits of peace and patience ir» those that...
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The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse ...

Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 490 pages
...then idly spent; for Angling was, after a tedious study, a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts,...moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness;" and " that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it." Indeed, my...
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The Angler;: A Poem, in Ten Cantos; Comprising Proper Instructions in the ...

Thomas Pike Lathy - 1822 - 274 pages
...spent ; — for angling was, after " tedious study, a rest to his mind, a cheerer " of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer " of unquiet thoughts,...moderator of passions, " a procurer of contentedness, and that it " begat habits of peace and patience in those " who professed, and practised it." So numerous,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 14

1823 - 772 pages
...idly spent :' for Angling was, after tedious study, ' a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts,...moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness :' and ' that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it.' Indeed, my...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 14

1823 - 858 pages
...:' for Angling was, after tedious study, ' a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a divertcr of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness :' and ' that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it.' Indeed, my...
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The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: Estensively ...

Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1824 - 512 pages
...idly spent : " for Angling was, after tedious study, " a rest to his mind, a "cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a " calmer of unquiet thoughts,...of pas"sions, a procurer of contentedness : " and "that "it begat habits of peace and patience in those "that professed and practised it." Indeed, my...
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The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton:: Extensively ...

Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1824 - 518 pages
...idly spent:" for Angling was, after tedious study, "'a rest to his mind, a " cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a " calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of pas" eions, a procurer of contentedness :" and "that G " it begat habits of peace and patience in those...
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The Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendrake, Esq., Pseud. in Ireland

J. Coad - 1826 - 264 pages
...; for angling was, afte» tedious study, a rest to his mi ml, a eheerer of his spirits, a deliverer of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of conteutedness ;' and, 'that it begat habks of peace and patience in those (hat professed and practised...
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