 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - Fishing - 1775 - 620 pages
...ftrawberries -, " Doubtlels " God could have made a better berry, but '' doubtlefs God never did :" and fo, if I might be judge, " God never did make a more calm,...innocent recreation, than angling." I'll tell you, fcholar, when 1 fat laft on this 'primtofe-bank, and looked down thefe meadows, I thought of them as... | |
 | English literature - 1822 - 850 pages
...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...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation, than angling." Perhaps some of your readers may here ask, am I as eagerly devoted to the sports of the field as to... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 426 pages
...say of angling, aj Dr.Botelersaid of strawberries,' Doubtless, God could have made a better berry, but, doubtless, God never did ;' and so, if I might..." I'll tell you, scholar, when I sat last on this primrose hank, and looked down these meadows, I thought of them, as Charles the emperor did of the... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1824 - 512 pages
...Dr. Boteler said of Strawberries ; " Doubtless "God could have made a better berry, but doubt" less God never did : " and so, if I might be judge, " God...this primrose-bank, and looked down these Meadows, 1 thought of them as Charles the Emperor did of the City of Florence : " That they were too pleasant... | |
 | 1851
...continued). " THE COMPLETE ANGLER." ENGRAVKD BT 1. SCOTT, FROM A PAINTING BY A. COOPER, HA I'll lell you, scholar, when I sat last on this primrose-bank, and looked down these meadows, 1 thought of them as Charles the Emperor did of the city of Florence: " That they were loo pleasant... | |
 | George Agar Hansard - Fishing - 1834 - 254 pages
...' Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did ; ' and so, if I might judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation, than angling." — IZAAC WALTON. " I call a river enriched with inhabitants, where rocks are landlords, and trouts... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...strawberries, ' Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.' And so, if I might judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. " I tell you, when I sat last on this primrose bank and looked down these meadows, I thought that they... | |
 | Blackwood's Lady's Magazine VOL.X 1841 - 1841 - 500 pages
...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...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling." Roses, not fenced with pricks, grow here, No sting to th' honey bag is near ; But what's perhaps their... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1842 - 532 pages
...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. ^ A i «< 1 .1 m '• SONG. Compo»«l byX. L axu*arv,. / ->' ii.ii,iit ]•'•',. in fm .-l\: f»&lff... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...Dotelcr said of strawberries, " Doubtless Cod could have made a better berry, but doubt'•.<-•' (¡IK! , inore calm, quiet, innocent i'Tcntiou than angling." I'll tell you, scholar, when I sat last on this... | |
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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... 
