 | 1922 - 344 páginas
...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...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling." The Cavaliers of seventeenth century England have often been traduced; but judgment must many a time... | |
 | 1922 - 344 páginas
...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...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling." The Cavaliers of seventeenth century England have often been traduced; but judgment must many a time... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 páginas
..."Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did "; and so, (if I might be jud^e,) ue patrem non passibus jrimis. He follows his father with unequal steps. IZAAK WALTON — The Compleat Angler. Pt. I. Ch. V. (BOTELEB was DR. WM. BUTLER. See FULLER'S— Worthies.... | |
 | Joseph Arthur Gibbs - 1923 - 498 páginas
...angling as Dr. Bottler 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...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. '" — Tht Contpttat Angltr. VERY few trout we have caught this season ("98) are pink-fleshed when... | |
 | John Buchan - 1923 - 746 páginas
...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...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation, than Angling. — The Compleat Angler. Iznak Walton. (From tfii fatMtiftf fr /fouimam.) HISTORIANS, WRITERS OF MEMOIRS,... | |
 | Harold Workman Williams - 1916 - 516 páginas
...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...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. — Izaak Walton. FLATS "Hello, Tom, old man, got your new flat fitted up yet?" "Not quite," answered... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1925 - 502 páginas
...as Dr. Roteler said of strawberries : " Doubtless Cod could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did": and so, if I might be judge, "God...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than Angling." I 'll tell you, Scholar, when I sat last on this primrose-bank, and looked down these meadows, I thought... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1925 - 502 páginas
...Dr. Boteler said of strawberries : " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless Cod never did " : and so, if I might be judge, " God never...more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than Angling." I '11 tell you, Scholar, when I sat last on this primrose-bank, and looked down these meadows, 1 thought... | |
 | Margot Asquith - 1927 - 266 páginas
...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." There are many forms of angling not connected with fish. The conjurer who angles to catch your eye... | |
 | Frank Parker Day - 1927 - 222 páginas
...most of the things we dub wicked are simply ugly. "And so," says gentle old Izaak, "if I might be the judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling." That things that are beautiful can be associated with wickedness is mere nonsense, an idea that puritans... | |
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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... 
