 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 156by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 385 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...here is the Forty-sixth, " Of Gardens," in full : — 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 build... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...here is the Forty-sixth," Of Gardens," in full :— 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 huildings and palaces are hut gross handy-works. And a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross bandy-works. And a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build (tately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it in... | |
 | John Armstrong - 1846 - 314 pages
...observation.f Thus recommended (apart from its pecuniary * Lord Bacon calls it " the purest of human pleasures, the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without...which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." t Of those among the ancients who may be considered as authorities, Cicero is perhaps alone in regarding... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1847 - 348 pages
...freshly remembered by the votaries of country life : " God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest...buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks : and man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1847 - 426 pages
...I lately met with the passages I meant, I cannot fill up my paper better than with some of them. " A man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, soon then to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it that in the Royal... | |
 | Calamus Kurrens (pseud.) - 1847 - 94 pages
...made, " and the first city, Cain."—COWLET. " God Almighty first planted a garden; and it is indeed the purest of " human pleasures. It is the greatest...refreshment to the spirits of man : " without which palaces and buildings are but gross handyworks. A man " shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | 1855 - 970 pages
...ever ringeth A call to prayer." "Goo Almighty first planted a garden," says Lord Bacon, " and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of men." Who does not love flowers ? It is not only the noble and opulent who boast hot-house and conservatory,... | |
 | 1887 - 994 pages
...the present' — Lord Bacon's Essay of Gardens. •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 build... | |
 | 1849 - 602 pages
..." God Almighty," says he, in his quaint but emphatic language, " first planted a garden, and indeed handywork." The garden at Gorhambury was laid out with great taste, and according to the rules of the... | |
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