 | M. A. Burnett - 1850 - 204 страница
...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 is...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiwork; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 страница
...palace itself. i Ante-chamber. 2 With-drawing room. [Curious Knotted Garden.] XLVI.— OF GARDENS. GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it...; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of in, m: without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works : and a man shall ever see, that,... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - 1840 - 504 страница
...the works of man. Lord Bacon has said of the garden, "it affords the purest of human pleasures — the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man —...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." We alluded, while noticing the Farmer's Companion, to the prevailing desire, among farmers,... | |
 | 1840 - 516 страница
...the works of man. Lord Bacon has said of the garden, "it affords the purest of human pleasures — the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man —...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." We alluded, while noticing the .Farmer's Companion, to the prevailing desire, among farmers,... | |
 | William Hone - 1841 - 840 страница
...not wet and cloddy, but works freely. Attend to neatness етегу where, and destroy vermin.* God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it...which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks. Bacon. The attempered organ, that even saddest . thought« Mix with fume sweet sensations, like harah... | |
 | 1853 - 654 страница
...style of Christian minister that this century has produced. (17.) " GOD ALMIGHTY," says Lord Bacon, "first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which"buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." Passages of this spirit can be gathered from... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1842 - 338 страница
...Grapetinea, Silk, Strawberries, &.c. &,c. By Thomaa G. Fessenden, Ettitor of the New £ngland Farmer. "God Almighty first planted a Garden; and indeed it is the purest of tyiman pleasures : it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which tuLdings and... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 страница
...scale; but I continue to keep up a due succession, which, to a floral epicure, is every thing. God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is...is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man. 6 ' Burke (Reflections). 2 Swift. 3 Burke (Reflections). 4 Stewart's Philosophy, 35. & Johnson. * Bacon.... | |
 | John Nowell - 1844 - 106 страница
...damascene, To yield him fruit, untouch'd till Autumn came, And the plane-tree to minister its shade. " GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and indeed it is...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... | |
 | 1849 - 600 страница
...phenomena of the growth of trees. " God Almighty," says he, in his quaint but emphatic language, " first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handywork." The garden at Gorhambury was laid out with great taste, and according to the rules of the... | |
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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 handiworks. 
