 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...  Bacon's Essays - Page 438by Francis Bacon - 1874 - 641 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...Man ftiall ever fee, that when Ages grow to Civility and Elegancy, Men come to Build Stately, fooner than to Garden Finely: As if Gardening were the greater...there ought to be Gardens for all the Months in the Tear, in which, feverally, things of Beauty may be then in feafon. For Decemher and -January, and the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1720 - 528 pages
...Perfection, I lay it down for a' Rule, That in the Royal Ordering of GARDENS, there ought Of GAR DE N S. . ought to be GARDENS for all the Months in the Year ; in which, feverally, Things that are in Seafon in fuch or fuch a Month, may be produced. For 'December^ January... | |
 | 1896 - 588 pages
...in all wholesome Art, and gardening at its best is a fine art. For ever true is what Bacon says : ' Men come to build stately sooner than to ' garden...finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection.' To borrow illustrations from other arts, the champions of the formal garden would stop short at the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 pages
...decisive proof of civilization ; " a man shall ever see," he remarks, " that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than...finely: as if gardening were the greater perfection *." It is, therefore, highly to the credit of Addison, that at a time when the style of gardening was... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pages
...decisive proof of civilization ; " a man shall ever see," he remarks, " that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than...finely: as if gardening were the greater perfection *." It is, therefore, highly to the credit of Addition, that at a time when the style of gardening... | |
 | 1805 - 570 pages
...has been cultivated with the greatest success-: ' For when ages advance in civility and politeness, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely :' as if gardening was the greater perfection. In laying out grounds they so excel, that lord Macartney gives them the... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 524 pages
...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 than...finely : as if gardening were the greater perfection. VERULAM. PREFACE. As the Four Books, which compose the following Poem, were published originally at... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 530 pages
...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 than...finely : as if gardening were the greater perfection. V£RUHM. PREFACE. As the Four Books, which compose the following Poem, were published originally at... | |
 | Aristotle, Thomas Twining - 1812 - 508 pages
...superiority of gardening to architecture : " A man shall ever see, that when " ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to " build stately SOONER than...; as " if gardening were the greater perfection." The truth, however, of the fact here asserted by Aristotle, appears, not only from the earlier dramatic... | |
 | Aristotle - 1815 - 492 pages
...superiority of gardening to architecture : " A man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than...finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection." The truth, however, of the fact here asserted by Aristotle appears, not only from the earlier dramatic... | |
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