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No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.

Izaak Walton

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Izaak Walton
Age: 90 †
Born: 1593
Born: August 9
Died: 1683
Died: December 15
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Stafford
Staffordshire
Isaak Walton
Izaak Walton
Pleasant
Angler
Rivers
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Govern
Wells
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Fishing
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