 I NEVER had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder...  The New Mirror - Page 304edited by - 1843Full view - About this book
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1858 - 236 pages
...one which I have always had — that I might be the master at last of a small house and large garden, and there dedicate the remainder of my life only to the culture of flowers and the study of nature." The lover of sweet fancies has reason to regret that Cowley did not... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 pages
...EVELYN. I NEVER had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small...culture of them, and study of nature ; " And there (with no design beyond my wall) whole and entire to lie, In no unactive ease, and no unglorious poverty."... | |
 | 1860 - 634 pages
...desire so strong and so like to covetousness," says Cowley, " as that one which I have always had, — that I might be master at last of a small house and a large • garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 338 pages
..." I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small...remainder of my life only to the culture of them, and the study of nature."* Some curious facts in the history of horticulture are to be found in Evelyn's... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1864 - 298 pages
..."I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, — that I might be master at last of a small...culture of them, and study of nature ; and there, with no design beyond my wall, — ' Whole and entire to lie, In no unactive ease, and no unglorious poverty/... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1868 - 240 pages
...ESQ.1 NEVEK had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and large garden,2 with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1869 - 248 pages
...ESQ. 1 NEVER had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and large garden, 2 with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life only... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 pages
...autobiography in an Essay addressed to Evelyn, and called "The Garden :" ousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small...culture of them and study of nature ; " And there (with no design beyond my wall), whole and entire to lie, In no unactive ease and no unglorious poverty;... | |
 | 1872 - 894 pages
...strong and so like to covetousness as that one, which I have had always, that I might be master at least of a small house and large garden, with very moderate...them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature." In these days of increasing population and extending... | |
 | 1881 - 578 pages
...ESQ.f I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had from ro no design beyond my wall) whole and entire to lie, In no inactive ease, and no inglorious poverty.... | |
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