 | English literature - 1852 - 618 pages
...Gardens, in the first place, ought to furnish only pure delights. ' God Almighty' (says Lord Bacon) ' first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest...spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces arc but gross handyworks.' And yet gardens of old were systematically made scenes of voluptuousness... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVI. OF GARDENS. God Almighty but have neither health from perturbations, nor any...beauty or decency in their doings : some again hav of the spirits of man ; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks: and a man shall... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...planted a garden : and indeed it is the purest 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 ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - Gardening - 1839 - 320 pages
...Silk, Strawberries, &c. &c. By Thomas G. Fessenden, Editor of the New Kngland Farmer. ''God Almighty first planted a Garden ; and indeed it is the purest...refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which cui-dings and palaces are but gross handy,works. — Bacon's Essays." In conformity to the act of the... | |
 | M. A. Burnett - 1850 - 204 pages
...wound up without recalling the observations of Lord Bacon in his essay on gardening: — 'God Almighty first planted a garden; and indeed it is the purest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiwork; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...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 purest...; 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,... | |
 | Fruit-culture - 1840 - 516 pages
...the works of man. Lord Bacon has said of the garden, "it affords the purest of human pleasures — the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man —...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." We alluded, while noticing the .Farmer's Companion, to the prevailing desire, among farmers,... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - Botany - 1840 - 504 pages
...the works of man. Lord Bacon has said of the garden, "it affords the purest of human pleasures — the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man —...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." We alluded, while noticing the Farmer's Companion, to the prevailing desire, among farmers,... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1841 - 840 pages
...and cloddy, but works freely. Attend to neatness етегу where, and destroy vermin.* God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks. Bacon. The attempered organ, that even saddest . thought« Mix with fume sweet sensations,... | |
 | Methodist Church - 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... | |
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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 handyworks... 
