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Compleat Angler, The

Compleat Angler, The

Izaak Walton’s classic treatise on the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. [Br. Lit.: The Compleat Angler]
See: Contemplation

Compleat Angler, The

fishing, hunting, and philosophizing in rural surroundings. [Br. Lit.: Izaac Walton The Compleat Angler]
See: Rusticity
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Compleat Angler, The (in full The Compleat Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation) A pastoral discourse on the joys of fishing by Walton, Izaak, first published in 1653.
Compleat Angler, The
English biographer and author of Compleat Angler, The (1653), a classic idyll on the joys and stratagems of fishing.
Walton, Izaak
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