 And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.  Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy - Page 75by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | 1822 - 600 pages
...flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling ofmusicke) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." I always envy what Cowper calls " the occupations of a retired gentleman... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pages
...flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musicke) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants which . doe best perfume the aire." I always envy what Cowper calls " the occupations of a retired... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 598 pages
...sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand,therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know...sweetness : yea, though it be in a morning's dew. Baj's likewise yield no smell, as they grow; rosemary, little ; nor sweet marjorum. That which above... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1825 - 222 pages
...flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musick) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gar dens. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 528 pages
...flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musick) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 256 pages
...flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musick) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | S. Waring - 1827 - 122 pages
...breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes like the warbling of music, than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are flowers tenacious of their smells, so that... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it conies and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 11, vol. 2, lines... | |
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