 | 1887 - 356 pages
...strawberries, a writer on small fruits adds to the oft-quoted saying of good old Doctor Boteler : ( " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did,") "Possibly man could have done more to deteriorate from (he native excellence of the berry as God made... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 372 pages
...shows itself among the bridal gifts, many of us exclaim for the hundredth time with Dr. Boteler, " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." Nature, who is God's handmaid, does not attempt a rival berry. But by and by a little woolly knob,... | |
 | William Henry Harrison Murray - 1888 - 352 pages
...said, — " Dynamite ! Gad! dynamite is n't so bad, after all!" • CHAPTER IV. THE BIG NEPIGON TROUT. We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries:...berry, but doubtless God never did.'' And so, if I might judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. ISAAK WALTON.... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...obtainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. John Buchan (1875-1940) British author, statesman 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." Izaak Walton... | |
 | 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
...DAVID THOREAU 1181 7-62), US philosopher, author. naturalist. Wilden, "The Pond in Winter" (1854). 6 ꚿ } ^ v y{ | 8 w" Nightingale, and all...than of a woebegone godliness, we shall find final might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. IZAAK WAL... | |
 | Thorstein Veblen - 1918 - 270 pages
...circumstances will at all commonly permit a consummation of that kind and degree. "Indeed ... we may say ... as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, 'Doubtless God...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
...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....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 successful... | |
 | 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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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. 
