The angler . He was a regular attendant at church onSundays, though he generally fell asleep duringthe sermon. He had made it his particularrequest that when he died he should be buriedin a green spot, which he could see from hisseat in church, and which he had markedout ever since he was a boy, and had thoughtof when far from home on the raging sea, indanger of being food for the fishes — it wasthe spot where his father and mother hadbeen buried. 20 I have done, for I fear that my reader isgrowing weary; but I could not refrain fromdrawing the picture of this worthy brotherof the angle; who h
The angler . He was a regular attendant at church onSundays, though he generally fell asleep duringthe sermon. He had made it his particularrequest that when he died he should be buriedin a green spot, which he could see from hisseat in church, and which he had markedout ever since he was a boy, and had thoughtof when far from home on the raging sea, indanger of being food for the fishes — it wasthe spot where his father and mother hadbeen buried. 20 I have done, for I fear that my reader isgrowing weary; but I could not refrain fromdrawing the picture of this worthy brotherof the angle; who has made me more thanever in love with the theory, though I fear Ishall never be adroit in the practice of hisart; and I will conclude this rambling sketchin the words of honest Izaak Walton, by crav-ing the blessing of St. Peters master upon myreader, and upon all that are true lovers ofvirtue ; and dare trust in his providence ; andbe quiet; and go a LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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