 | John Armstrong - Agriculture - 1846 - 314 pages
...observation.f Thus recommended (apart from its pecuniary * Lord Bacon calls it " the purest of human pleasures, the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." t Of those among the ancients who may be considered as authorities, Cicero is perhaps... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1847 - 348 pages
...assertion of Bacon, which cannot be too freshly remembered by the votaries of country life : " God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks : and man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | 1880 - 494 pages
...those most likely to fade and wither." In his essay on gardening, Lord Bacon observes : " GOD Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks, and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | 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 and conservatory,... | |
 | 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 see that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | 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...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1849 - 688 pages
...allaccomplished Raleigh, the profound Hobbes, the shrewd Gondomar, the pious Tennison, the witty Jonson, and learned Selden— used to assemble on summer evenings...according to the rules of the noble owner : " Because," savs he," the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes like the warbling... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. OF GARDENS. GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest...to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palace* are but gross handiworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility anti... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1887 - 994 pages
...— so beginnt Baco von Verulara seinen Essay „Of Gardens" — first planted a garden; and iudeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works. And a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | James Richardson Logan - 1849 - 914 pages
...the more Jireci aiid compendhmi is your search." BACON: DISEASES OF THE NUTMEG TREE* ' " God Almighty first planted a Garden, and indeed it is the purest...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which building and palaces are bat grw» handy works : and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
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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; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks... 
