I came out for exercise, gentle exercise, and to notice the scenery and to botanise. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2008)
Men who fish, botanise, work with the turning-lathe, or gather sea-weeds, will make admirable husbands and a little amateur painting in water-colour shows the innocent and quiet mind. ❋ Unknown (2005)
On this newly made, restricted strip one may peep and botanise without restraint, discovering that though it does not offer conditions at all favourable to the retention of moisture, plants of varied character crowd each other for space and flourish as if drawing nutriment from rich loam. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Without wasting time to botanise, Gibson pushed his way into the centre of the little forest. ❋ Clarke, Arthur C. (1951)
I shall therefore go to Premsong to-morrow, and if that is not a favourable place, return forthwith to Ghaloom's, and thence to Deeling to botanise on Thuma-thaya. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)
He encouraged the boys and young men to botanise and observe nature in all forms, and though he would never allow nests to be taken, or even eggs if he could help it, he would give little prizes for the noting of any rare bird or butterfly. ❋ Benson, Arthur C. (1915)
Hardy went down to botanise in the swamp, while Meredith climbed towards the sun. ❋ Unknown (1905)
Sooner or later Science will botanise a bit on your turnip ghosts; and make you look turnips yourselves for having taken any. ❋ Unknown (1905)
We botanise, we look for nests, we geologise, we study birds through glasses, we garden. ❋ Arthur Christopher Benson (1893)
Let the young painter go to Fontainebleau, and while he stupefies himself with studies that teach him the mechanical side of his trade, let him walk in the great air, and be a servant of mirth, and not pick and botanise, but wait upon the moods of nature. ❋ Unknown (1892)
One writer is content to botanise with him -- to study plant-lore, that is, with a theatrical manager, in his hard-earned leisure, for teacher. ❋ Walter Alexander Raleigh (1891)
She would never have invited her down if she had realised this in advance so much as the doctor's dry detachment from all their discussions, their readings and practisings, her constant expeditions to fish and botanise, subsequently enabled her to do. ❋ Henry James (1879)
We begin to peep and botanise, we take an interest in birds and insects, we find many things beautiful in miniature. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)
His occasional outbursts against the man of science -- the 'fingering slave' who would 'peep and botanise upon his mother's grave' -- are one version of his feeling. ❋ Leslie Stephen (1868)
He must dance and ride admirably; he ought to shoot; he may sing and paint in water-colours, or botanise a little, and the faintest aroma of the most volatile literature will do him no harm; but he cannot be allowed preferences. ❋ George Robert Aberigh-Mackay (1864)
She spoiled the walk to the distant outlook, by stopping at every step, not merely to pick flowers, but to botanise on the weeds, and to calculate the distance advanced. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
Some went to good points for sketching, some to botanise, and others to ascend the highest of the neighbouring peaks. ❋ Unknown (1859)
The other members of the company at the house, meanwhile, had scattered in various directions to fish, shoot, paint or botanise, according to fancy. ❋ Unknown (1859)
