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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... "
A Picturesque Promenade Round Dorking, in Surrey - Page 285
by John Timbs - 1823 - 303 pages
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Odes. Elegies. Sonnets. Epitaphs and inscriptions. Miscellanies. The English ...

William Mason - 1811 - 530 pages
...POEM. IN FOUR BOOKS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED A COMMENTARY AND NOTES, BY W. BURGH, ESQ. LL. D. A Garden a the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks. And a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build...
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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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A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening ...

Charles Marshall - 1813 - 464 pages
...BRJXWOiRTH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. ,CtoD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden, and indeed it u the purest of humari Pleasures : It is the greatest Refreshment to the...Man ; without which, Buildings and Palaces are but grtss handy Works. BAcON'S ESSAYS. THE FIFTH EDITION. MINTED FOR FC A»D I. RIVINGTON i J. WALKER;...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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...buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks ; and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner...
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An excursion to Windsor, in July 1810. Also A sail down the river Medway ...

John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...believe Milton, had every thing to beguile the senses and to exhilarate the heart. " A Garden,1' says LORD BACON, " is the purest of human pleasures ; it...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 stately, sooner...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 16

1817 - 590 pages
...favourable impression of the spirit of freedom and independence of its possessor. 'A garden,' says Lord Bacon, 'is the purest of human pleasures; it...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...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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...buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks. And a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...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...buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks. And a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...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...buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner...
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