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| Izaak Walton |
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| 1593–1683, English writer. He wrote one of the most famous books in the English language, The Compleat Angler; or, the Contemplative Man’s Recreation.… He also wrote several biographies, including ones of John Donne (1640), Sir Henry Wotton (1651), and George Herbert (1670), all of whom were his friends.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press. (See also: Introductory Note from the Harvard Classics.) |
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Pronunciation:  wôl´t n from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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- WORKS
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- The Lives of John Donne and George Herbert
Two of a handful of short biographies by the subjects’ fellow divine and fishing companion. From the Harvard Classics, Vol. XV, Part 2.
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- Bartlett’s Walton Quotations
Epitomal selections by John Bartlett.
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