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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... "
The Yale Literary Magazine - Page 348
1856
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The Oxford review; or, Literary censor, Volume 1

734 pages
...the satisfaction which they derived from practising those arts. ' God Almighty/ says lord Bacon, ' first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirit? of man ; without which, buildings and palaces are but...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...offices, let them stand at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. OF 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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...them stand at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. OF GARDENS. 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...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 27

1830 - 990 pages
...is the delight of labour. " God Almighty," says one of the wisest men that ever adorned humanity, " first planted a garden, and inde'ed it is the purest of human pleasures." It is, moreover, peculiarly favoured in this, that while it is the pleasantest of all descriptions...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...offices, let them stand at distance, with some low galleries, to pass from them to the palace itself. \JOD 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...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...at distance, with some low galleries, to pass from them to the palace itself. ©( CSartottf*. fjrOD 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...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...stand at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XL VI. OF GARDENS. 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...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...stand at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVII. OF GARDENS. 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...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 15; Volume 33

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1821 - 614 pages
...described in language of so much beauty, that we shall trespass on our page with a few brief specimens. ' 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...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. . . XLVII. OF GARDENS. 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 pulaces are but...
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