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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 handyworks... "
Essays, orations and lectures - Page 156
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 385 pages
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 8

Alexander Pope - 1797 - 450 pages
...gardening was unqueftionable. " For the honour of this art," Lord Bacon fays, " a man fhall ever fee, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build ftately, fooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfeaion." an orbicular figure...
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Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In ..., Volumes 25-26

John Sims - 1807 - 396 pages
...the Spirits of Man, without which Buildings are but grofs Handy- Works : and a Man fhall ever fee, that, when Ages grow to Civility and Elegancy, Men come to build ftalely fooner than to garden finely, as if Gardening were the greater Perfection. BACON. LONDON: Printed...
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A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences: And on ...

John Claudius Loudon - 1806 - 442 pages
...derived from practising those arts. " God Almighty first planted a garden," says Lord Bacon; " and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." • ' Such is the superiority of rural occupations and pleasures, that commerce, large...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing ..., Volume 8

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 556 pages
...gardening was unqueftionable. " For the honour of this art," Lord Bacon fays, " a man fhall ever fee, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build rtately, fooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfeaion." WARTON. The tafle...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 8

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 556 pages
...gardening was unquellionable. " For the honour of this art," Lord Bacon fays, " a man fhall ever fee, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build ftately, fooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfcftion." WARTON. The tafte...
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The Oxford review; or, Literary censor, Volume 1

734 pages
...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 £ ross handy-works.' ' " Such is the...
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The Works of William Mason, Volume 1

William Mason - 1811 - 526 pages
...A POEM. IN FOUR BOOKS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED A COMMENTARY AND NOTES, BY W. BURGH, ESQ. LL. D. A Garden is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest...palaces are but gross handiworks. And a man shall erer see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden...
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The Works of William Mason, Volume 1

William Mason - 1811 - 520 pages
...A POEM. IN FOUR BOOKS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED A COMMENTARY AND NOTES, BY W. BURGH, ESQ. LL. D. A Garden is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the ipirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks. And a man shall ever...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...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...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy works : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to...
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The Anonymous and Fugitive Essays of the Earl of Buchan: Collected from ...

David Stewart Erskine (11th Earl of Buchan), David Stewart Erskine Earl of Buchan - 1812 - 418 pages
...greatest refieshment to the spirits of man, without which, even palaces are but gross handy works ; and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegance, they lose the chaste fruition of the simple delights that hide themselves in the country^...
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