 Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, " 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...  The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse ... - Page 106by Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 383 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 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... | |
 | Morrison Wood - 1964 - 322 pages
...stir in a tablespoon lemon juice and 2 ounces fine brandy. Blend well, then pour over pears and serve. "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did," is the way Dr. Boteler characterized strawberries as reported by Izaak Walton in The Compleat Angler.... | |
 | David McCullough - 2007 - 308 pages
...pastimes there were which would take a man so far, in spirit at least, from the rude industrial grind. "God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling," were the words of Izaak Walton in the newly reissued, and quite costly, two-volume edition of his great... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...occasions for hope. John Buchan (1875-1940) British author, statesman We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, "Doubtless God could have made...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling." Izaak Walton (1593-1683) English author, biographer Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but... | |
 | Rose Houk - 1991 - 16 pages
...basins—lola, Cebolla, and Sapinero—that were home to hay meadows, elk and deer, and a meander"l/1 might be judge, God never did make a more calm quiet innocent recreation titan angling —The Compleat Angler 1zaak Walton ANGLERS' IOY, Around Blue Mesa Reservoir, fishing... | |
 | Richard Aldington, Norman T. Gates - 1992 - 422 pages
...The Compleat Angler, Oxford, 1915, part 1, chap. 5, p. 120, where William Butler is quoted as saying of strawberries: "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." 1 1 . Jean Francois Marmontel, Memoirs of Marmontel, trans. Brigit Patmore, London, 1930. 56. To HD... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...philosopher, author. naturalist. Wilden, "The Pond in Winter" (1854). 6 We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, "Doubtless God could have made...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. IZAAK WAL TON (1593-1683). English author, biographer. The Complcat Angler, ch. 5 (1653). F. SCOTT... | |
 | Thorstein Veblen - 1918 - 270 pages
...all commonly permit a consummation of that kind and degree. "Indeed ... we may say ... as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, 'Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.' " In all the above argument and exposition, touching the executive office and its administrative duties,... | |
 | Phil Genova - 1998 - 340 pages
...silver streams which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries: "Doubtless God could have made...berry, but doubtless God never did"; and so (if I may be the judge) God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. To be a... | |
 | James Prosek - 2010 - 350 pages
...which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed my good Scholar, we may say of Angling, as Dr. Butler said of Strawberries; Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did: And (if I might be Judge) God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than Angling. We cannot... | |
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