Leigh Hunt Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: October 19, 1784 - August 28, 1859
Birthday: October 19
Death: August 28
We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has no the power of making a noise; for we presume that the most philosophic of anglers would hardly delight in catching a shrieking fish.
source: Leigh Hunt (1822). “The Indicator”, p.270
topic: Water, Noise, Delight, Carp
