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... A Little Book of English Prose - Page 38by Annie Barnett - 1900 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Green Fessenden - Gardening - 1835 - 318 pages
...Silk, Strawberries, &e. &c. By Thomas G. Fessenden, Editor of the New fingland Farmer. 14 God Almighty first planted a Garden; and indeed it is the purest...refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which Luildings and palaces are but gross handy-works. — Bacon's Essays." In conformity to the act of the... | |
| 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...which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." Of the bright and many coloured blossoms of the vegetable kingdom he poetically adds "as the breath... | |
| 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...which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." Of the bright and many coloured blossoms of the vegetable kingdom he poetically adds "as the breath... | |
| Sir Joseph Paxton - Botany - 1836 - 384 pages
...Arboretum Harvard University JR r PAXTON'S MAGAZINE OF BOTANY, REGISTER OF FLOWERING PLANTS. God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest...refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which building* and palaces are but gross handiworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to... | |
| 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 had tasted, and that... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...planted a garden : and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment of the spirits of man ; without which, buildings and...when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold... | |
| English literature - 1852 - 618 pages
...Gardens, in the first place, ought to furnish only pure delights. ' God Almighty' (says Lord Bacon) ' first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest...spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces arc but gross handyworks.' And yet gardens of old were systematically made scenes of voluptuousness... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVI. OF GARDENS. God Almighty but have neither health from perturbations, nor any...beauty or decency in their doings : some again hav 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
...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...which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works. BACON'S ESSAYS. THIRTEENTH EDITION. BOSTON: OTIS, BROADERS, & COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA: THOMAS, C OWPERTH... | |
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