 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...us. odeed. my (rood scholar, we may any of angling as l)r. Botelt r said of strawberries, ' Dprbtlesa God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did :' and BO if I might be judge, ' God never did make a nior calm, quiet, innocent recreation, than angling.'... | |
 | Natural history - 1881 - 396 pages
...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,... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...; and in so doing use him as though you loved him. b. WAI/TON— The Complete A;wler. Pt. I. Ch. V. with childish n> creation than angling. c. WALTON— The Complete Angler. Ft. I. Ch. V. ANIMALS. The jackal's troop,... | |
 | Edmund Yates, E. M. (Abdy-Williams) Whgishaw, Walter Sichel, Ernest Belfort Bax - English literature - 1882 - 758 pages
...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... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 pages
...; 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 pages
...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.... | |
 | Sports - 1909 - 898 pages
..."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 - English language - 1883 - 612 pages
...statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver...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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Clergy - 1883 - 466 pages
...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 - Literary Criticism - 1883 - 482 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
