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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... "
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art - Page 229
1849
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A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to ...

Andrew Jackson Downing - Architecture, Domestic - 1852 - 564 pages
...permanent satisfaction, than that of cultivating the earth and adorning our own property. "God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures," says Lord Bacon. And as the first man was shut out from the garden, in the cultivation of which no...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral ; And, Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...firft planted a Garden. And indeed, it is the pureft of Human Pleafures. It is the greateft Refrefhment to the Spirits of Man ; without which, Buildings and Palaces are but grofs Handyworks : And a Man fliall ever fee, that when Ages grow to Civility and Elegancy, Men come...
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The Theory and Analysis of Drama

Manfred Pfister - Drama - 1988 - 364 pages
...both the iconographic and emblematic significance and ironic function of the setting: 'God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks.' Thus begins Francis Bacon's eulogy to the park and at this point the greatest effort should...
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The Poetics of Gardens

Charles W. Moore, William John Mitchell, William Turnbull - Architecture - 1988 - 286 pages
...civilization. The essay begins: GOD Almightie first Planted a Garden. And indeed, it is the Purest of Humane pleasures. It is the Greatest Refreshment to the Spirits of Man; Without which, Buildings and Pallaces are but Grosse Handy-works: And a Man shall ever see, that when Ages grow to Civility and...
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The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...all distinctions. Samuel Footc (1720-1777) English dramatist Set Butler on FAITH Gardens God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist Annihilating all that's made To a green thought...
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Botanical Gazette, Volume 24

John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur - Botany - 1897 - 524 pages
...important factor in rendering that advance more easy and more certain. He says (Essay 46), "God Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks ; and a man shall ever see, that where ages grow to civility and elegancy men come to build...
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Botanical Gazette, Volume 24

John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur - Botany - 1897 - 542 pages
...important factor in rendering that advance more easy and more certain. He says (Essay 46), "God Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks ; and a man shall ever see, that where ages grow to civility and elegancy men come to build...
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The Cleveland Herbal, Botanical, and Horticultural Collections: A ...

Holden Arboretum, Cleveland Medical Library Association, Garden Center of Greater Cleveland - Reference - 1992 - 1072 pages
...G. FESSENDEN, | EDITOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. | [short ornamental rule] | [rule] | GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden; and indeed it is the purest...without which | buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works [23 dots] BACON'S ESSAYS. | [broken rule] | [short thick thin double rule] | Boston: |...
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Estranging the Familiar: Toward a Revitalized Critical Writing

George Douglas Atkins - Literary Collections - 1992 - 222 pages
...repress our desire? CHAPTER TWO In Other Words: Gardening for LoveThe Work of the Essayist God Almighty first planted a garden. And Indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. BACON, Essays If you would know the power of character, see how much you would impoverish the world,...
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The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...newspaper obituaries on her dejth, 1 5 April 1990. See j I so влпЬ« on ACTORS. GARDENS 1 God Almighty (1564-1616), English dramatist, poet. Hamlcl. in Hamlet, acl 5, sc. 1 . FRANCIS BACON (1 561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, ¿talesman. Essays, "Of Gardens" (1597-1625)....
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