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" The green hath two pleasures ; the one, because nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn ; the other, because it will give you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose... "
Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott - Page 58
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876
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The Works of William Mason, Volume 1

William Mason - 1811 - 526 pages
...selects the first four for a lawn, without any intervention of plot or parterre, " because," says he, " nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn." And " as " for the making of knots of figures, with diverse coloured " earths, that they may lie under...
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The Works of William Mason, M.A. Precentor of York, and Rector of Aston ...

William Mason - 1811 - 524 pages
...selects the first four for a lawn, without any intervention of plot or parterre, " because," says he, " nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn." And " as " for the making of knots of figures, with diverse coloured " earths, that they may lie under...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...besides alleys on both sides; and, I like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, and...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the garden: but because the alley will be long,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...besides alleys on both sides ; and I like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, and twelve to the mairi garden. The green hath two pleasures; the one, because nothing is more pleasant to the eye than...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...besides alleys on both sides. And I like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, and...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the Garden. But because the alley will be long,...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...besides alleys on both sides. And I like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, and...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the Garden. But because the alley will be long,...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...besides alleys on both sides. And I like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, and...you a fair alley in the midst ; by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to inclose the garden. But because the alley will be long,...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...besides alleys on both sides; and, I like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, and...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the garden: but because the alley will be long,...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...sides alleys on both sides ; and, I like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either ^side, and...main garden. The green hath two pleasures : the one, becanse nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn ; the other, becanse...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...besides alleys on both sides ; and, I 'like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, and...nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass finely shorn ; the other, because it will give you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in...
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