 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...  Fraser's Magazine - Page 5081874Full view - About this book
 | 1844 - 628 pages
...therefore, am obliged to give it from memory. " God Almighty first planted a garden," says Francis Bacon ; " and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." One can almost fancy the Chancellor leaning on the arm of a friend, and walking in his... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1844 - 556 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 handyworks ; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | Fruit-culture - 1845 - 584 pages
...refined and intellectual community. ' ' God Almighty,' says Lord Bacon, ' first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it...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... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - Botany - 1845 - 504 pages
...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 - 778 pages
...itself. And here is the Forty-sixth, " Of Gardens," in full : — r God Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it...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... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1886 - 1470 pages
...comparison of the present' — Lord Bacon's Essay of Gardens. •God Almighty first planted a Garden; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...itself. And here is the Forty-sixth," Of Gardens," in full :— God Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which huildings and palaces are hut gross handy-works. And a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | 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 alone in regarding... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1847 - 348 pages
...be too freshly remembered by the votaries of country life : " God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures....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 stately... | |
 | 1880 - 494 pages
...and wither." In his essay on gardening, Lord Bacon observes : " GOD Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it...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 stately, sooner... | |
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