 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...  The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'. - Pàgina 324editat per - 1865Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1823 - 782 pàgines
...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 :' and ' that it begat habits of peace and patience in those... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1820 - 790 pàgines
...brother of 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 profess and... | |
 | Thomas Pike Lathy - 1822 - 274 pàgines
...then 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, and that it " begat habits of peace and patience in those... | |
 | 1823 - 772 pàgines
...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 :' and ' that it begat habits of peace and patience in those... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1824 - 516 pàgines
...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 pas" sions, a procurer of contentedness :" and " that G f< it begat habits of peace and patience in... | |
 | 1868 - 522 pàgines
...and would frequently say thereof that it was, after his study, a rest to his mind, a chearer to his spirits, a diverter of sadness. a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness, and that it begot habits of peace and patience in those that... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1832 - 426 pàgines
...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 ;" and " that it begat habits of peace and patience in those... | |
 | Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith - 1833 - 422 pàgines
...facility." Sir Henry Wotton remarked of fishing, that it was " a rest to the mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness ; and that it begat habits of peace and patience." "The Romans,... | |
 | Thomas Boosey - 1835 - 328 pàgines
...was not then 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, and that it begot habits of peace and patience in those that... | |
 | John Turton - 1836 - 112 pàgines
...employment for leisure time, which is then not leisurely spent ; after hard labour or severe study, it is a rest to the mind, a cheerer of the spirits, a diverter...sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness, and prepares a person for a feathery rest at night. Let not... | |
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