 So beauteous did the scenery of this delightful spot appear to him, that, to use his own words, " the pleasantness of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney, or Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to...  Black's Tourist's Guide to Derbyshire: Its Towns, Watering Places, Dales ... - Page 1351857 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - Authors, English - 1796 - 640 pages
...words, " the pleafantnefs of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot be defcribed, unlefs Sir .Philip Sidney, or Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to do it"." In the latter years of the reign of Charles II. the violence of faction burft forth with renovated... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - Fishing - 1813 - 820 pages
...his own Words, " the pleasantness of the River, Mountains, and Meadows about, cannot be described, unless SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, or Mr. COTTON'S Father, were again alive to do it." " Oh my belov'd Nymph, fair Dove! Princess of Rivers ! how I love Upon thy flowing banks to lie, And... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - Falconry - 1813 - 568 pages
...use his own Words, " the pleasantness of the River,Mouutains, and Meadows about, cannot be described, unless SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, or Mr. COTTON'S Father, were again alive to do it." " Oh my belov'd Nymph, fair Done! Princess of Rivers! how I love Upon thy flowing banks to lie, And... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1817 - 740 pages
...own words, " the pleasantness of " the river, mountains, and meadows about it, " cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney, or " Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to do it '." Stafford, on the banks of the river Dove ; tad not far frtro l).>\i>dii)» ; of the beauties of... | |
 | Thomas Zouch - 1826 - 160 pages
...the same with that of Cotton's mother, is conjectured to have been distantly allied to the family. unless Sir Philip Sidney or Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to do it." In the latter years of the reign of Charles II. the violence of faction burst forth with renovated... | |
 | Thomas Zouch - 1826 - 146 pages
...same with- that of Cotton's mother, is • conjectured to have been distantly allied to the family. unless Sir Philip Sidney or Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to do it." In the latter years of the reign of Charles II. the violence of faction burst forth with renovated... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 336 pages
...his own words, " the pleasantness of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney, or Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to do it." In the latter years of the reign of Charles the Second, the violence of faction burst forth with renovated... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 330 pages
...his own words, " the pleasantness of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney, or Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to do it." In the latter years of the reign of Charles the Second, the violence of faction burst forth with renovated... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1833 - 380 pages
...of the fishing house has been described ; but the pleasantBess of the river, mountains, and meadows about it, cannot, unless Sir Philip Sidney, or Mr Cotton's father, were again alive to do it. — IW f I hare been favoured with an accurate description of this fishing house, by a person who,... | |
 | 1840 - 756 pages
...tells us, that " the pleasantness of the river, mountains, and meadows about it cannot be described, unless Sir Philip Sidney or Mr. Cotton's father were again alive to do it." Charles Cotton was a country gentleman, of ancient family and high connections, and a poet withal.... | |
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