 | Charles Mason Hovey - Botany - 1845 - 504 pages
...affords the surest evidence of a refined and intellectual community. ' God Almighty,' says Lord Bacon, ' first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreahment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works ;... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. And here is the Forty-sixth, " Of Gardens," in full :— 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 bandy-works. And a man shall ever... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1886 - 1470 pages
...Jakobs I. gethan hat: „God Almighty — so beginnt Baco von Verulam seinen Essay „Of Gardens" — 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 handy-works. And a man shall ever... | |
 | 1880 - 494 pages
...most care on those most likely to fade and wither." In his essay on gardening, Lord Bacon observes : " 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 handiworks, and a man shall ever... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1847 - 348 pages
...the assertion of Bacon, which cannot be too freshly remembered by the votaries of country life : " God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed,...human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks : and man shall ever... | |
 | 1855 - 970 pages
...fields, and ever ringeth A call to prayer." "Goo Almighty first planted a garden," says Lord Bacon, " and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of men." Who does not love flowers ? It is not only the noble and opulent who boast hot-house... | |
 | Calamus Kurrens (pseud.) - 1847 - 94 pages
...made, " and the first city, Cain."—COWLET. " God Almighty first planted a garden; and it is indeed the purest of " human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man : " without which palaces and buildings are but gross handyworks. A man " shall ever... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...a house in a hole or on a pinnacle. " God Almighty first planted a garden," says Lord Bacon, " and 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 handiworks; and a man shall ever... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1887 - 994 pages
...within these fortie yeeres; so that in comparison of the present' — Lord Bacon's Essay of Gardens. •God Almighty first planted a Garden; and indeed...human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works. And a man shall ever... | |
 | James Richardson Logan - 1849 - 914 pages
...anticipation is, the more Jireci aiid compendhmi is your search." BACON: DISEASES OF THE NUTMEG TREE* ' " God Almighty first planted a Garden, and indeed it...pleasures'; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which building and palaces are bat grw» handy works : and a man shall ever... | |
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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... 
