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Izaak Walton Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Aug 9, 1593
  • Died: Dec 15, 1683

Izaak Walton was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also wrote a number of short biographies that have been collected under the title of Walton's Lives.

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. nature

I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing. business

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning. morning

God has two dwellings one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. God & thankful

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

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