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1860
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
acquisitions
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
adding
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
alchemy
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
all
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
Angler
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
any
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
Biographies
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
candle
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From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
carefully
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From this reading The few events in the long life of Izaak Walton have been carefully investigated by Sir Harris Nicolas.
character
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
chief
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
comments
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
Compleat
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
contemporaries
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
content
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
displayed
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
documents
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
edition
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
editor
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
editors
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
events
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
extricated
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
few
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From this reading The few events in the long life of Izaak Walton have been carefully investigated by Sir Harris Nicolas.
fishing
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
foregoers
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
give
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
Harris
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The few events in the long life of Izaak Walton have been carefully investigated by Sir Harris Nicolas.
Hawkins
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
hold
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From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
illustrated
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
important
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
indeed
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From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
investigated
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From this reading The few events in the long life of Izaak Walton have been carefully investigated by Sir Harris Nicolas.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
Izaak
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From this reading The few events in the long life of Izaak Walton have been carefully investigated by Sir Harris Nicolas.
John
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
known
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
learned
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
Like
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
Major
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
modern
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
much
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
Nicolas
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
Nicolas's
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
notice
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
Oldys
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
only
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
owes
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
passages
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
practice
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
predecessors
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
rather
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
research
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
second
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
selected
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
Sir
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From this reading Like all editors of Walton, he owes much to his predecessors, Sir John Hawkins, Oldys, Major, and, above all, to the learned Sir Harris Nicolas.
summary
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
sun
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From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
unaware
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From this reading All that can be extricated from documents by the alchemy of research has been selected, and I am unaware of any important acquisitions since Sir Harris Nicolas's second edition of 1860.
Walton
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From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
Walton's
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From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The editor has been content to give a summary of the chief or rather the only known, events in Walton's long life, adding a notice of his character as displayed in his Biographies and in _The Compleat Angler_, with comments on the ancient and modern practice of fishing, illustrated by passages from Walton's foregoers and contemporaries.
write
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From this reading To write on Walton is, indeed, to hold a candle to the sun.
