 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
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the band, 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 Uunkns. Note 16, page 11, vol. 2, lines... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 234 pages
...(where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more (it 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. / saw thee shine Once more,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1831 - 510 pages
...of flowers is farrc 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 Gardens. Note 16, page 17, col. 2. I saw... | |
 | 1832 - 524 pages
...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...the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air; the flower which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet* ; next to that... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 526 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 aiie." — Lord Bacon' г Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 17, col. 2. I... | |
 | 1832 - 526 pages
...goes like the warbling of music), than in the hand ; therefore, nothing is more tit for that del;ght, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air; the flower which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet* ; next to that... | |
 | 1834 - 550 pages
...open air, (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music ;) than in the hand, therefore, nothing more fit for that delight, than to know what be the...yea, though it be in a morning's dew. Bays, likewise, vield no smell, as they grow, rosemary little, nor sweet-marjoram ; that which above all others yields... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1835 - 498 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.'* The flowers greet me, as I stoop to water them, like familiar beings,... | |
 | Alfred John Kempe - 1836 - 548 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 and plants that best perfume the air." Umbrageous avenues, grassy mounds, lakelets agitated by falling waters, aviaries,... | |
 | Alfred John Kempe - 1836 - 558 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 and plants that best perfume the air." Umbrageous avenues, grassy mounds, lakelets agitated by falling waters, aviaries,... | |
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