 | Mary Ann Burnett - 1850 - 204 Seiten
...observations of Lord Bacon in his essay on gardening: — '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 handiwork; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - 1840 - 504 Seiten
...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 —...which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." We alluded, while noticing the Farmer's Companion, to the prevailing desire, among farmers, to bring... | |
 | 1840 - 516 Seiten
...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 —...which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." We alluded, while noticing the .Farmer's Companion, to the prevailing desire, among farmers, to bring... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 Seiten
...room. [Curious Knotted Garden.] XLVI.— OF GARDENS. GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; 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,... | |
 | 1853 - 654 Seiten
...century has produced. (17.) " 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 spirits of man, without which"buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." Passages of this spirit can be gathered from... | |
 | 1842 - 788 Seiten
...the term, one of the last refinements of civilised life. ' A man shall ever see,' says Lord Bacon, ' that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men...come to build stately sooner than to garden finely.' To attempt, therefore, to disguise wholly its artificial character is as great folly as if men were... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1842 - 338 Seiten
...BYTHOMAS G. PESSENDKN, EDITOR OP THE NEW ENGLAND FAHMKR. GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Gnnlen ; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures: it is the greatest refreshment tn ihe spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy- wnrfcs. BACON'S KBSAYS,... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 Seiten
...succession, which, to a floral epicure, is every thing. 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. 6 ' Burke (Reflections). 2 Swift. 3 Burke (Reflections). 4 Stewart's Philosophy, 35. & Johnson. * Bacon.... | |
 | 1849 - 600 Seiten
..." God Almighty," says he, in his quaint but emphatic language, " 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 handywork." The garden at Gorhambury was laid out with great taste, and according to the rules of the... | |
 | 1844 - 628 Seiten
...obliged to give it from memory. " God Almighty first planted a garden," says Francis Bacon ; " and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." One can almost fancy the Chancellor leaning on the arm of a friend, and walking in his... | |
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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... 
