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" ... than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire. "
A Harmony of the Essays, Etc. of Francis Bacon - Page 535
by Francis Bacon - 1871 - 584 pages
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A Harmony of the Essays, Etc. of Francis Bacon, Volume 10

Francis Bacon - 1895 - 600 pages
...Particulars are for the Climate of London ; But my meaning is Perceiued, that you may haue Ver Perpetuum," as the Place affords. And becaufe, the Breath of Flowers,...bed perfume the Aire.32 Rofes Damask and Red,33 are fafl Flowers of their Smels ;34 So that ; you may walke by a whole Row of them, and finde Nothing of...
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The Decay of Sensibility, and Other Essays and Sketches

Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1900 - 254 pages
...fragrant — except sweet pea — that is not in his garden. He refines upon the matter even. "And because the Breath of Flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the Warbling of Musick) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the Flowers...
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The Essays of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1901 - 312 pages
...; But my meaning is Perceived, that you may have Ver Perpetuum, as the Place affords. And because, the Breath of Flowers, is farre Sweeter in the Aire, (where it comes and Goes, like the Warbling of Musick) then in the hand, therfore nothing is more fit for that delight, then to know, what be the...
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Of Gardens: An Essay, Issue 1

Francis Bacon - 1902 - 58 pages
...London; But my meaning is Perceived, that you may have Ver Perpetuum, as the Place affords. And because, the Breath of Flowers, is farre Sweeter in the Aire, (where it comes and Goes, like the Warbling of Musick) then in the hand, therfore nothing is more fit for that delight, then to know, what be the...
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My Kalendar of Country Delights

Helen Rose Anne Milman Crofton - 1903 - 420 pages
...This is W. Cole's description of a Spanish chestnut (1657). FEBRUART TIfENTr-FOURTH.—«And because, the Breath of Flowers, is farre Sweeter in the Aire (where it comes and Goes, like the Warbling of Musick) then in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, then to know, what be the...
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The Masters of English Literature

Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 452 pages
...Things of Beautie, may be then in Season. Further on he writes in a charming passage : And because, the Breath of Flowers, is farre Sweeter in the Aire, (where it comes and Goes, like the Warbling of Musick) then in the hand, therfore nothing is more fit for that delight, then to know, what be the...
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Francis Bacon's Cryptic Rhymes and the Truth They Reveal

Edwin Bormann - 1906 - 268 pages
...Stone, best plain set. 43rd Essay. A base foule Stone, made precious by the foyle. Richard III, v. 3. The Breath of Flowers, is farre Sweeter in the Aire (where it comes and Goes, like the Warbling of Musick). 46th Essay. O, it came ore my eare, like the sweet sound That breathes upon a banke of Violets...
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The Pilgrims' Way: A Little Scrip of Good Counsel for Travellers

Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1906 - 352 pages
...the hearth, Till the lamp flickers, and the memory fails. FREDERICK TENNYSON Of Gardens ND because the Breath of Flowers is farre Sweeter in the Aire (where it comes and goes like the Warbling of Musick) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the Flowers...
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The Pilgrims' Way: A Little Scrip of Good Counsel for Travellers

Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1907 - 354 pages
...the hearth, Till the lamp flickers, and the memory fails. FREDERICK TENNYSON Of Gardens \ ND because the Breath of Flowers is farre Sweeter •**• in the Aire (where it conies and goes like the Warbling of Musick) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that...
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Life and Labour, Or, Characteristics of Men of Industry, Culture and Genius

Samuel Smiles - 1910 - 502 pages
...their names for every month of the year. "You may have," he says, " vtr perpetuum as the place affords. The Breath of Flowers is farre Sweeter in the Aire (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of Music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the Flowers...
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