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I have then with pleasure concluded with Solomon, Everything is beautiful in his season.

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
Solomon
Concluded
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Pleasure
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Everything

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