 | 1853 - 654 pages
...style of Christian minister that this century has produced. (17.) " GOD ALMIGHTY," says Lord Bacon, "first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which"buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." Passages of this spirit can be gathered from... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1842 - 338 pages
...Grapetinea, Silk, Strawberries, &.c. &,c. By Thomaa G. Fessenden, Ettitor of the New £ngland Farmer. "God Almighty first planted a Garden; and indeed it is the purest of tyiman pleasures : it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which tuLdings and... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 pages
...larger scale; but I continue to keep up a due succession, which, to a floral epicure, is every thing. God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed,...is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man. 6 ' Burke (Reflections). 2 Swift. 3 Burke (Reflections). 4 Stewart's Philosophy, 35. & Johnson. * Bacon.... | |
 | John Nowell - 1844 - 106 pages
...damascene, To yield him fruit, untouch'd till Autumn came, And the plane-tree to minister its shade. " GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and indeed it...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks ; and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | 1849 - 600 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... | |
 | 1844 - 628 pages
...therefore, am obliged to give it from memory. " God Almighty first planted a garden," says Francis Bacon ; " and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it...which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." One can almost fancy the Chancellor leaning on the arm of a friend, and walking in his garden, after... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - 1845 - 504 pages
...affords the surest evidence of a refined and intellectual community. ' God Almighty,' says Lord Bacon, ' first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreahment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works ;... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. And here is the Forty-sixth, " Of Gardens," in full :— God Almighty first planted a, garden, and indeed it...without which buildings and palaces are but gross bandy-works. And a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. And here is the Forty-sixth," Of Gardens," in full :— God Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which huildings and palaces are hut gross handy-works. And a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | John Armstrong - 1846 - 314 pages
...observation.f Thus recommended (apart from its pecuniary * Lord Bacon calls it " the purest of human pleasures, the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." t Of those among the ancients who may be considered as authorities, Cicero is perhaps... | |
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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 handiworks. 
