 | DANIEL W. WILDER - 1875
...briefly. It was in this speech that the poet Pierpont applied to Kansas the saying, of Dr. Boteler of strawberries: " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." MAY 27. — Gov. Walker reaches Lecompton, via Lawrence, and issues his Inaugural Address. It was a... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1875
...Angler,' Part I. cap. vi. § Ibid. Part I. cap. v. glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, " Doubtless God could havo made a better berry, but God never did ; " and so (if I might bo judge), " God never did make... | |
 | George Dawson - Salmon-fishing - 1876 - 264 pages
...of crystal waters, with no other companions than rod and reel, singing birds and slimmer zephyrs. " As Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, ' Doubtless God...berry, but doubtless God never did;' and so, if I may be judge, God did never make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than Angling." But it would be... | |
 | Paisley abbey - 1876 - 319 pages
...which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling, as Doctor Boteler said of strawberries, "doubtless God could...better berry, but doubtless God never did;" and so if I might be judge, "God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation, than angling." Izatk Walton.... | |
 | Paisley abbey - 1876 - 319 pages
...which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling, as Doctor Boteler said of strawberries, "doubtless God could...better berry, but doubtless God never did;" and so if I might be judge, "God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation, than angling." lza*k Walton.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall, Mrs. S. C. Hall - Thames River - 1877 - 460 pages
...quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so gently by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries,...berry, but doubtless God never did: ' and so (if I might be judge) God never did make a more calm, innocent recreation than angling." "The old course... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - Quotations, English - 1878 - 340 pages
...Angling — All that are lovers of virtue, ... be quiet, and gft a- ANGLING. —Ibid. Angling. — We may say of ANGLING as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries,...berry, but doubtless God never did:" and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. — Ibid.... | |
 | Henry Nicholson Ellacombe - Plants in literature - 1878 - 303 pages
...Strawberries were, we have a strong proof in old Isaak Walton's happy words : " Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of Strawberries—'...berry, but doubtless God never did ;' and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling." I doubt whether,... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1878 - 313 pages
...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,...berry, but doubtless God never did ; " and so, if I might be judge, " God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling." I '11 tell... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1880
...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,...berry, but doubtless God never did : "• and so, if I might be judge, " God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling," I tell... | |
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Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did ; " and so, if I might be judge, " God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. 
