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" ... love is a flattering mischief that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the children of that blind father ; a passion that carries us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds move feathers, and... "
Walton's Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George ... - Page 58
by Izaak Walton - 1865 - 386 pages
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Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George ...

Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - Authors, English - 1796 - 640 pages
...in vain ; for love is a flattering milchief, that hath denied aged and wife men aforefight of thofe evils that too often prove to be the children of that blind father, a paflion that carries us to commit errors with as much eafe as whirlwinds remove feathers, and begets...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 23-24

John Bell - English poetry - 1799 - 402 pages
...arguments to kill or cool their nR'ections to each other, but in vain;, for love is a flattering miscbief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that loo often prove to be the children of that blind father; a passion that carries us to commit errors...
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The Lives of John Donne: Sir Henry Wolton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr ..., Volume 1

Izaak Walton - 1805 - 438 pages
...in vain ; for love is a flattering mifchief, that hath denied aged and wile men a forefight of thofe evils that too often prove to be the children of that blind father, a paffion ; that carries us to commit errors with as much eafe as whirlwinds remove feathers, and begets...
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Bishop Jewel. Bernard Gilpin. Richard Hooker. Archbishop Whitgift. John ...

Christian biography - 1810 - 594 pages
...diligence, and many arguments, to kill or cool their affections to each other : but in vain ; for, love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and...the children of that blind father: a passion ! that caries us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds remove feathers, and begets in us an unwearied...
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The Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr ...

Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1817 - 822 pages
...diligence, and many arguments to kill or cool their affections to each other : but in vain ; for love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and...us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds remove feathers, and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire. And such...
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Ecclesiastical Biography: Or, Lives of Eminent Men, Connected with ..., Volume 4

Christian biography - 1818 - 586 pages
...diligence, and many arguments, to kill or cool their affections to each other : but in vain ; for, love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and...us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds remove feathers, and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire. And such...
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The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr ...

Izaak Walton - 1825 - 564 pages
...diligence, and many arguments, to kill or cool their affections to each other : but in vain ; for Love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and...did, notwithstanding much watchfulness against it, bring them secretly together, — I forbear to tell the manner how — and at last to a marriage too,...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Walton's Lives

English literature - 1832 - 336 pages
...diligence and many arguments to kill or cool their affections to each other ; but in vain ; for love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and...us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds remove feathers, and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire. And such...
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The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Hebert, and Sanderson, Volume 1

Izaak Walton - 1832 - 330 pages
...diligence and many arguments to kill or cool their affections to each other ; but in vain ; for love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and...us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds remove feathers, and begets in» us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire. And...
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Life of Jehudi Ashmun, Late Colonial Agent in Liberia: With an Appendix ...

Ralph Randolph Gurley - African Americans - 1835 - 576 pages
...the Maine Seminary, it was concluded that Mrs. Ashmun should occupy, for a few months, • Tor love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and...us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds remove feathers" IZAAK WALTON'S Life of Donne. her former situation in North Carolina, while he discharged...
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