 | 1853 - 654 страница
...style of Christian minister that this century has produced. (17.) " GOD ALMIOHTY," says Lord Bacon, "first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest...spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces arc but gross handiworks." Passages of this spirit can be gathered from the choicest writers, in prose... | |
 | Robert Malcolm Smuts - 1987 - 340 страница
...almighty first planted a Garden," wrote Bacon, "and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures . . . and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegance, men come to huild stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - 1988 - 364 страница
...explicitly to both the iconographic and emblematic significance and ironic function of the setting: 'God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is...which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks.' Thus begins Francis Bacon's eulogy to the park and at this point the greatest effort should be made... | |
 | Charles W. Moore, William John Mitchell, William Turnbull - 1988 - 286 страница
...civilization. The essay begins: GOD Almightie first Planted a Garden. And indeed, it is the Purest of Humane pleasures. It is the Greatest Refreshment to the Spirits of Man; Without which, Buildings and Pallaces are but Grosse Handy-works: And a Man shall ever see, that when Ages grow to Civility and... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 страница
...level all distinctions. Samuel Footc (1720-1777) English dramatist Set Butler on FAITH Gardens God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist Annihilating all that's made To a green thought... | |
 | John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur - 1897 - 542 страница
...an important factor in rendering that advance more easy and more certain. He says (Essay 46), "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 where ages grow to civility and elegancy men come to build... | |
 | John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur - 1897 - 524 страница
...an important factor in rendering that advance more easy and more certain. He says (Essay 46), "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 where ages grow to civility and elegancy men come to build... | |
 | George Douglas Atkins - 1992 - 222 страница
...continue to repress our desire? CHAPTER TWO In Other Words: Gardening for LoveThe Work of the Essayist God Almighty first planted a garden. And Indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. BACON, Essays If you would know the power of character, see how much you would impoverish the world,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 страница
...the newspaper obituaries on her dejth, 1 5 April 1990. See j I so влпЬ« on ACTORS. GARDENS 1 God KESPEARÍ (1564-1616), English dramatist, poet. Hamlcl. in Hamlet, acl 5, sc. 1 . FRANCIS BACON (1 561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, ¿talesman. Essays, "Of Gardens" (1597-1625).... | |
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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. 
