 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 Seiten
...beauties of this his favourite haunt. " God Almighty," he says, " 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 he adds: — "Because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 368 Seiten
...are produced from the earth : wliich generates * " God Almiglfty first planted a garden j and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest...refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which tmildings and palaces are. hut gross handy-works, and u man lihiill ever sec, that, when ages grow... | |
 | Capesthorne - 1850 - 78 Seiten
...Well said Lord Bacon, " God Almighty first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the finest of humane pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." Now you may be a Sunday School Teacher — very possibly ypu have been a Sunday Scholar.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1842 - 564 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1971 - 316 Seiten
...to a house in a hole or on a pinnacle. "God Almighty first planted a garden," says Lord Bacon, "and it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest...without which, 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... | |
 | 1924 - 970 Seiten
...GLORY OF THE GARDEN' I. — THE GARDEN IN LITERATURE 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 building and palaces are but gross handyworks ; and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | 1816 - 592 Seiten
...impression of the spirit of freedom and independence of its possessor. 'A garden,' says Lord Bacon, 'is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildmgs and palaces are but gross handy works ; and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | Robert Malcolm Smuts - 1987 - 340 Seiten
...almighty first planted a Garden," wrote Bacon, "and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures . . . and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegance, men come to huild stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - 1988 - 364 Seiten
...emblematic significance and ironic function of the setting: '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 handyworks.' Thus begins Francis Bacon's eulogy to the park and at this point the greatest effort should... | |
 | Charles W. Moore, William John Mitchell, William Turnbull - 1988 - 286 Seiten
...civilization. The essay begins: GOD Almightie first Planted a Garden. And indeed, it is the Purest of Humane pleasures. It is the Greatest Refreshment to the Spirits of Man; Without which, Buildings and Pallaces are but Grosse Handy-works: And a Man shall ever see, that when Ages grow to Civility and... | |
| |
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... 
