 Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness; yea, though it be in a morning's dew.  The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 483by Francis Bacon - 1858Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1900 - 290 pages
...delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells ; so that you may...no smell as they grow. Rosemary little ; nor sweet marjoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet ; specially... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 275 pages
...delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells, so that you may...yea, though it be in a morning's dew. Bays likewise 1 Orchis. 2 A variety of large peach. yield no smell as they grow; rosemary little, nor sweet marjoram.... | |
 | Annie Barnett - English prose literature - 1900 - 335 pages
...Delight than to know what be the Flowers and Plants that do best perfume the Air. Roses, Damask and Red, are fast Flowers of their Smells, — so that you...nothing of their Sweetness, yea, though it be in a Morning Dew. Bays likewise yield no Smell as they grow, Rosemary little, nor Sweet Marjoram. That which... | |
 | Harry Roberts - Floriculture - 1901 - 111 pages
...Delight, than to know what be the Flowers and Plants that do best perfume the Air. Roses, Damask and Red, are fast Flowers of their Smells, so that you may...nothing of their sweetness ; yea, though it be in a morning Dew. Bays likewise yield no smell as they grow, Rosemary little, nor Sweet-Marjoram. That,... | |
 | Robert Nares - English language - 1901
...•fFAST. Tenacious, retentive. Hoses, damask and red, tit fiat Anders of their smells. so that you uiav walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness, yea, though it bee in a morning's dew. Bacon, Essay ilvi. FAST AND LOOSE. A cheating game, whereby gipsies and other... | |
 | Rose Standish Nichols - Gardens - 1902 - 324 pages
...and Plants that do best perfume the Air. Roses, Damask and Red, are fast Flowers of their Smells2; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find...no Smell as they grow; Rosemary little, nor Sweet Marjoram : that which, above all others, yields the Sweetest Smell in the Air, is the Violet, specially... | |
 | Rose Standish Nichols - Gardens - 1902 - 324 pages
...and Plants that do best perfume the Air. Roses, Damask and Red, are fast Flowers of their Smells 2 ; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find...no Smell as they grow; Rosemary little, nor Sweet Marjoram : that which, above all others, yields the Sweetest Smell in the Air, is the Violet, specially... | |
 | Elizabeth Godfrey, Jessie Bedford - England - 1903 - 312 pages
...than to know ' what be the plants and flowers that do best perfume ' the air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of ' their smells ; so that you may...no smell as they grow, rosemary little, nor ' sweet marjoram ; that which above all others yields ' the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet, especially... | |
 | Leslie Cope Cornford - English essays - 1903 - 309 pages
...delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells ; so that you may...no smell as they grow. Rosemary little ; nor sweet marjoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet, specially... | |
 | Thomas Fairman Ordish - London (England) - 1904 - 331 pages
...delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells; so that you may...no smell as they grow, rosemary little, nor sweet marjoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air is the violet, especially... | |
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