 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1835 - 318 Seiten
...Fessenden, Editor of the New fingland Farmer. 14 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 Luildings and palaces are but gross handy-works. — Bacon's Essays." In conformity to the act of the... | |
 | Alfred John Kempe - 1836 - 558 Seiten
...then in season. " God Almighty !" observes the sage essayist, " 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." Of the bright and many coloured blossoms of the vegetable kingdom he poetically adds "as... | |
 | Alfred John Kempe - 1836 - 554 Seiten
...then in season. " God Almighty !" observes the sage essayist, " 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." Of the bright and many coloured blossoms of the vegetable kingdom he poetically adds "as... | |
 | Sir Joseph Paxton - 1836 - 384 Seiten
...MAGAZINE OF BOTANY, REGISTER OF FLOWERING PLANTS. 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 handiworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 Seiten
...buds to harden, and the fruits to grow." "Goo ALMIGHTY first planted a garden," says Lord Bacon : " it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man." And in so saying he does not speak unadvisedly, or from envy or ignorance, for he had tasted, and that... | |
 | 1852 - 618 Seiten
...furnish only pure delights. ' God Almighty' (says Lord Bacon) ' first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest...spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces arc but gross handyworks.' And yet gardens of old were systematically made scenes of voluptuousness... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 Seiten
...planted a garden : and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment of the spirits of man ; 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... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1839 - 320 Seiten
...Fessenden, Editor of the New Kngland Farmer. ''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 cui-dings and palaces are but gross handy,works. — Bacon's Essays." In conformity to the act of the... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
