| 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 - 1875 - Страниц: 612
...allusion to his generic name, ThymaUut. j ' Compleat Angler,' Part I. cap. vi. § Ibid. Part I. cap. v. glide so quietly by us. Indeed, my good scholar, we...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... | |
| New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1875 - Страниц: 530
...contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, 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, we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, ' Doubtless God could have made a better... | |
| Daniel Webster Wilder - 1875 - Страниц: 692
...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... | |
| 1876 - Страниц: 340
...contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we...Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling, as Doctor Boteler said of strawberries, "doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God... | |
| Paisley abbey - 1876 - Страниц: 336
...contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we...Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling, as Doctor Boteler said of strawberries, "doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God... | |
| George Dawson - 1876 - Страниц: 314
...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... | |
| George Dawson - 1876 - Страниц: 316
...contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, 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. — \Izaah Walton. Abused mortals, did you know "Where joy, heart's-ease and comforts grow, You'd scorn... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall, Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1877 - Страниц: 480
...contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves of as much 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, '... | |
| 1880 - Страниц: 918
...in the Strawberries (Fig. 12), which secured the full admiration of Dr. Boteler, who declared that " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did " — a remark the correctness of which will probably be viewed proportionately by the F[s- "• STRAWBERRY.... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1881 - Страниц: 842
...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.'... | |
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