 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...bat works freely. Attend to neatness every where, and destroy Termin-* God Almighty first planted я garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks. Bacon. O* OBSERVING A... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...them stand at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. OF GARDENS. GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed,...pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palace? are but gross handiworks : and a man shall ever... | |
 | Alfred John Kempe - England - 1836 - 558 pages
...which severally things of beauty may be then in season. " God Almighty !" observes the sage essayist, " first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest...human pleasures, it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." Of the bright and many... | |
 | Alfred John Kempe - England - 1836 - 558 pages
...which severally things of beauty may be then in season. " God Almighty !" observes the sage essayist, " first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest...human pleasures, it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." Of the bright and many... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...buds to harden, and the fruits to grow." "Goo ALMIGHTY first planted a garden," says Lord Bacon : " it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man." And in so saying he does not speak unadvisedly, or from envy or ignorance, for he... | |
 | 1837 - 574 pages
...belongs to its readers to decide. THE POETRY OF GARDENING. " Lilia mista rosis."—School Exercise. " GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of all human pleasures." I love Lord Bacon for that saying more than for his being the author of the "... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...stand at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVI. OF GARDENS. God Almighty first planted a garden : and indeed it...of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment of the spirits of man ; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks: and a man shall... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - Gardening - 1839 - 320 pages
...GARDENING, GRAPEVINES, SILK, STRAWBERRIES, &c. &c. BTTHOMAS G. PESSENDEJV, EDITOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden ; and indeed it...pleasures : it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross liandy-worka. BACON'S ESSAYS. THIRTEENTH... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - Gardening - 1839 - 320 pages
...SILK, STRAWBERRIES, &c. &c. BYTHOMAS G. FE SSENDEJV , EDITOR OP THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. GOD ALMIOHTY first planted a Garden ; and indeed it is the purest...pleasures : it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works. BACON'S ESSAYS. THIRTEENTH... | |
 | Mary Ann Burnett - 1850 - 204 pages
...subject be wound up without recalling the observations of Lord Bacon in his essay on gardening: — 'God Almighty first planted a garden; and indeed it...pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiwork; and a man shall ever see... | |
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God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man... 
