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,... Recreations of a Sportsman on the Pacific Coast - Էջ 139Charles Frederick Holder - 1910 - 399 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - 1775 - 620 էջ
...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, "• quiet, innocent recreation, than angling." I'll tell you, fcholar, when 1 fat laft on this 'primtofe-bank, and looked down thefe meadows, I thought... | |
| 1822 - 850 էջ
...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, than angling." Perhaps some of your readers may here ask, am I as eagerly devoted to the sports of the field as to... | |
| Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 494 էջ
...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 re^ creation than angling." I'll tell you, scholar ; when I sat last on this primrosebank, and looked... | |
| 1835 - 426 էջ
...Dr.Botelersaid 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 than angling. " I'll tell you, scholar, when I sat last on this primrose hank, and looked down these meadows, I thought... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1824 - 518 էջ
...of Strawberries; " Doubtless " God could have made a better berry, but doubt" less God never did :" and so, if I might be judge, " God never did make...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 - 1826 - 560 էջ
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| George Agar Hansard - 1834 - 254 էջ
...' 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 - 1837 - 466 էջ
...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... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 594 էջ
...Liirht in this oktevrr rhnde, Thr tlainrit nulli sm-r »-hii-ri thun mti knirttir -And, at rnytfatae Ac. God never did make a 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... | |
| Blackwood's Lady's Magazine VOL.X 1841 - 1841 - 500 էջ
...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 than angling." Roses, not fenced with pricks, grow here, No sting to th' honey bag is near ; But what's perhaps their... | |
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