 | Sir Joseph Paxton - 1836 - 384 pages
...Arnold Arboretum Harvard University JR r PAXTON'S MAGAZINE OF BOTANY, REGISTER OF FLOWERING PLANTS. God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed,...without which building* and palaces are but gross handiworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegance, men eome to build... | |
 | Alfred John Kempe - 1836 - 558 pages
...which severally things of beauty may be then in season. " God Almighty !" observes the sage essayist, " 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 handyworks." Of the bright and many coloured blossoms of the vegetable... | |
 | Alfred John Kempe - 1836 - 558 pages
...which severally things of beauty may be then in season. " God Almighty !" observes the sage essayist, " 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 handyworks." Of the bright and many coloured blossoms of the vegetable... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...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... | |
 | 1837 - 574 pages
...belongs to its readers to decide. THE POETRY OF GARDENING. " Lilia mista rosis."—School Exercise. " GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of all human pleasures." I love Lord Bacon for that saying more than for his being the author of the "... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 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...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... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1839 - 320 pages
...GARDENING, GRAPEVINES, SILK, STRAWBERRIES, &c. &c. BTTHOMAS G. PESSENDEJV, EDITOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden ; and indeed it...refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross liandy-worka. BACON'S ESSAYS. THIRTEENTH EDITION. BOSTON: OT1S,... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1839 - 320 pages
...SILK, STRAWBERRIES, &c. &c. BYTHOMAS G. FE SSENDEJV , EDITOR OP THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. GOD ALMIOHTY first planted a Garden ; and indeed it is the purest...refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works. BACON'S ESSAYS. THIRTEENTH EDITION. BOSTON: OTIS,... | |
 | Mary Ann Burnett - 1850 - 204 pages
...subject be wound up without recalling the observations of Lord Bacon in his essay on gardening: — 'God Almighty first planted a garden; and indeed it...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiwork; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...palace itself. i Ante-chamber. 2 With-drawing room. [Curious Knotted Garden.] XLVI.— OF GARDENS. GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed,...; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of in, m: without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works : and a man shall ever see, that,... | |
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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... 
