 | 1849 - 602 pages
...phenomena of the growth of trees. " God Almighty," says he, in his quaint but emphatic language, " first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest...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... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...them stand at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. OF GARDENS. GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed,...to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palace* are but gross handiworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility anti... | |
 | James Richardson Logan - 1849 - 914 pages
...anticipation is, the more Jireci aiid compendhmi is your search." BACON: DISEASES OF THE NUTMEG TREE* ' " God Almighty first planted a Garden, and indeed it...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which building and palaces are bat grw» handy works : and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | 1909 - 378 pages
...stand at distance, with some low galleries, to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVI OF GARDENS GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden. And indeed it...ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build 10 Retiring-room. " Secret outlets. HCin 8 stately sooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were... | |
 | 1937 - 800 pages
...instruction was provided through lectures alone. Now, however, with the cooperation "A garden is indeed the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest...shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegance, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater... | |
 | 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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...in-dwelling spirit. GODFREY LOCKER LAMPSON. 'THE GLORY OF THE GARDEN' I. — THE GARDEN IN LITERATURE God Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - 1988 - 364 pages
...explicitly to both the iconographic and emblematic significance and ironic function of the setting: 'God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it...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... | |
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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... 
