Seventeenth-century English ProseDavid Novarr Knopf, 1967 - 555 pages |
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Page 17
... Walton until the second edition of the Angler , when the text was increased by fifty per cent , most of it practical fishing instruction probably given to Walton by well - intentioned anglers . Walton himself mod- estly says in his ...
... Walton until the second edition of the Angler , when the text was increased by fifty per cent , most of it practical fishing instruction probably given to Walton by well - intentioned anglers . Walton himself mod- estly says in his ...
Page 32
... Walton's lives put forth independently . Walton's life of Hooker was commissioned by Archbishop Sheldon , and it is clearly the main item in the volume called The Life of Mr. Rich . Hooker ( 1665 ) , though there is some supplementary ...
... Walton's lives put forth independently . Walton's life of Hooker was commissioned by Archbishop Sheldon , and it is clearly the main item in the volume called The Life of Mr. Rich . Hooker ( 1665 ) , though there is some supplementary ...
Page 524
... Walton's Lives are most readily available in the World's Classics edition ( 1927 ) , which , however , reprints the first rather than the revised Life of Sanderson . David Novarr's The Making of Walton's “ Lives ” ( 1958 ) examines Walton's ...
... Walton's Lives are most readily available in the World's Classics edition ( 1927 ) , which , however , reprints the first rather than the revised Life of Sanderson . David Novarr's The Making of Walton's “ Lives ” ( 1958 ) examines Walton's ...
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