 | 1881 - 396 страници
...Avon. The merits of the garden plant are pretty well known. Isaak Walton, in his quaint way writes, "Indeed my good scholar, we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler says of Strawberries. Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God nerer did." Spenser,... | |
 | Edmund Yates, E. M. (Abdy-Williams) Whgishaw, Walter Sichel, Ernest Belfort Bax - 1882 - 758 страници
...the ghost, " we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries — 4 doubtless God could nave made a better berry, but doubtless God never did !' and so, if I might be judge, God did never make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling." Again, in fancy see the ghost-angler... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 страници
...; and in so doing use him as though you loved him. 6. WALTON— The Complete Angler. Pt. I. Ch. V. de, i. Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 2. I have done the state some service, an huvc made a better berry, but doubtless God never did ;" and so, if I might be judge, God never did... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1882 - 724 страници
...with a rod and line; rod-fishing. Wemaysayofa»xVt«j*asDr. Botelersaid of strawberries: Doubtless Goa could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did ; ' and so, if t ml^lit be Judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. Is. Walton.... | |
 | 1909 - 898 страници
..."Strawberries and Cherries." In the early part of this essay. Dr. Johnson is credited with the remark that "God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." Now, doubtless Dr. Johnson could have written that, but it is certain that if he ever did he should... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 страници
...business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as...but doubtless God never did ;" and so (if I might be jndge), God uever did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. As an example of the... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - 1883 - 408 страници
...in the Strawberries (Fig. 68), which secured the full admiration of Dr. Boteler, who declared that " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did"— a remark the correctness of which will probably be viewed FIG. 68.— STRAWBERRY, proportionately by... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 466 страници
...Professor Gray. At last come the strawberries, of which Walton quotes from Dr. Boteler the famous saying, " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." When they have ripened in our own gardens, summer has begun, hardly till then ; and they mark pretty... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 482 страници
...Professor Gray. At last come the strawberries, of which Walton quotes from Dr. Boteler the famous saying, " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." When they have ripened in our own gardens, summer has begun, hardly till then ; and they mark pretty... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 страници
...praises of their occupation : " No life, my honest scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the much quietness as these silent silver streams which...Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling as Dr. Bnteler said of strawberries, ' Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never... | |
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... hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, " Doubtless God could have... 
