 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...  The Eclectic Review - Page 153edited by - 1821Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | 1837 - 574 pages
...belongs to its readers to decide. THE POETRY OF GARDENING. " Lilia mista rosis."—School Exercise. " GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of all human pleasures." I love Lord Bacon for that saying more than for his being the author of the "... | |
 | 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 - 898 pages
...stand at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVI. OF GARDENS. God Almighty first planted a garden : and indeed it...of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment of the spirits of man ; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks: and a man shall... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 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...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works. BACON'S ESSAYS. THIRTEENTH EDITION. BOSTON: OTIS, BROADERS, & COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA: THOMAS,... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1839 - 320 pages
...Gardening, Grapetines, Silk, Strawberries, &c. &c. By Thomas G. Fessenden, Editor of the New Kngland Farmer. ''God Almighty first planted a Garden ; and indeed...refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which cui-dings and palaces are but gross handy,works. — Bacon's Essays." In conformity to the act of the... | |
 | Mary Ann Burnett - 1850 - 204 pages
...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...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 pages
...palace itself. i Ante-chamber. 2 With-drawing room. [Curious Knotted Garden.] XLVI.— OF GARDENS. GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed,...; 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 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
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