 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - Fishing - 1775 - 620 pages
...age * ; but was not tbine : Thine was thy later years, fo much rcfin'd From youth's drofs, mirth, and wit ; as thy pure mind Thought (like the angels} nothing but the praife Of thy Creator, in thofe Lift, beft days. Witmfi this book, (thy emblem] which begins With love... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - Authors, English - 1796 - 640 pages
...age, but was not thine. " Thine was thy later years, fo much refin'd " From youth's drofs, mirth and wit, as thy pure mind " Thought (like the angels) nothing but the praife " Of thy Creator, in thofe laft beft days. " Witnefs this book thy emblem, which begins "•... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1817 - 822 pages
...age, but wan not thine. " Thine was thy later years, so much refin'd " From youth's dross, mirth and wit, as thy pure mind " Thought (like the angels)...but the praise " Of thy Creator, in those last best days. " Witness this book thy emblem, which begins •• With love, but end* with sigh* and tear*... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 494 pages
...and Chap. V. note. Thine was thy later years; so much refined From youth's dross, mirth and \vil, — as thy pure mind Thought (like the angels) nothing but the praise Of thy Creator, in Ihose last, best days. Witness this book, (thy emblem,) which begins With love ; but ends with sighs... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 336 pages
...age ; but was not thine : Thine was thy later years ; so much refined From youth's dross, mirth, and wit, — as thy pure mind Thought (like the angels)...but the praise Of thy Creator, in those last, best days. Witness this book (thy emblem), which begins With love ; but ends with sighs and tears for sins."... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 330 pages
...age ; but was not thine : Thine was thy later years ; so much refined From youth's drosa, mirth, and wit,— as thy pure mind Thought (like the angels)...but the praise Of thy Creator, in those "last, best days. Witness this book (thy emblem), which begins With love; but ends with sighs and tears for sins."... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 348 pages
...was not thine : Thine was thy later years ; so much refined From youth's dross, mirth, and wit,—as thy pure mind Thought (like the angels) nothing but the praise Of thy Creator, in those last, best days. Witness this book (thy emblem), which begins With love ; but ends with sighs and tears for sins."... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1836 - 358 pages
...Richard Baxter. \ Vide infra, the signature to the second copy of Commendatory Verses, ind chap. v. note. Thought (like the angels) nothing but the praise Of thy Creator, in those last, best days. Witness this book (thy emblem) which begins \Vith love ; but ends with, sighs and tears for sius.... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1839 - 594 pages
...not thine : Thine was thy later years; so much refined From youth's dross, mirth and wit,—as Ihy pure mind Thought (like the angels) nothing but the praise Of thy Creator, in those last, best days. Witness this book, (thy emblem,) which begins With love; but ends with lighs and trars for sins.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1852 - 650 pages
...; but 'twas not thine. Thine was thy later yeares, so much refin'd From youth's drosse, mirth, and wit, as thy pure mind Thought (like the Angels) nothing...the praise Of thy Creator, in those last best dayes. Witness this Booke, (thy emblem) which begins With love, but endes with sighes and teart'S for sins."... | |
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From youth's dross, mirth, and wit, as thy pure mind Thought (like the angels) nothing but the praise Of thy Creator in those last best days. Witness this book, thy Emblem, which begins With Love ; but ends with sighs and tears for sins. 
