I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.

Izaak Walton

The Compleat Angler

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Fishing

Speaker

Venator

Author

Izaak Walton

Source

The Compleat Angler

Medium

Treatise

Language

English

Time

1653 1650s 17th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler. London: Richard Marriot, 1653, pt. 1, ch. 18.

Current Citation

Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler, edited by Marjorie Swann. Oxford University Press, 2014, pt. 1, ch. 18.

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Such truth as opposeth no man's profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Thomas Hobbes
Source
Leviathan
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1651 1650s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 4, a review and conclusion.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 4, a review and conclusion.