 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...quietness as these silent silver streams which we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, ty. ing ; it is not the eating, nor it is not the drinking, that is t liod could have made a better berry, but doubtless (¡od пстег did ;w and so (if I might be judge)... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1920 - 450 pages
...occurring in any publication previous to the ' Complete Angler,' chap. v. : — " 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." That Williams... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1850 - 284 pages
...the sentence, however, is so quaint I cannot help giving it. " Indeed my good scholar," says Izaak, " 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, and innocent recreation than angling." Honest... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1920 - 968 pages
...— " Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of Mgline, as Dr. Uoteler said of strawberries, 'DouLtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did ' : and so, if I might !*• jiidfre, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.'' That... | |
 | George Philip Rigney Pulman - Fishing - 1851 - 242 pages
...Conclusion - - 170 to 186 THE VADE-MECUM OF FLY-FISHING, &c. &c. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. " 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." — IZAAC... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1851 - 502 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'll... | |
 | 1853 - 42 pages
...quietness as these 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.' " " When... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1853 - 252 pages
...the great vulgar," is become a part of the English phraseology. — Hurd. THE STRAWBERRY. Dr. Butler said of strawberries, " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." A HABITUAL BORE. Lord Chesterton we have often met with, and suffered a good deal from his lordship... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1854 - 348 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'll tell... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1856 - 592 pages
...we now see glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling—as Dr. Boteler 1 said, of strawberries, "Doubtless God could have made...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.'' and... | |
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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. 
