 | 1880 - 494 pages
...most care on those most likely to fade and wither." In his essay on gardening, Lord Bacon observes : " GOD Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks, and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1847 - 348 pages
...the assertion of Bacon, which cannot be too freshly remembered by the votaries of country life : " God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed,...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks : and man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | 1855 - 970 pages
...fields, and ever ringeth A call to prayer." "Goo Almighty first planted a garden," says Lord Bacon, " and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of men." Who does not love flowers ? It is not only the noble and opulent who boast hot-house and conservatory,... | |
 | Calamus Kurrens (pseud.) - 1847 - 94 pages
...made, " and the first city, Cain."—COWLET. " God Almighty first planted a garden; and it is indeed the purest of " human pleasures. It is the greatest...refreshment to the spirits of man : " without which palaces and buildings are but gross handyworks. A man " shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...a house in a hole or on a pinnacle. " God Almighty first planted a garden," says Lord Bacon, " and it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1887 - 994 pages
...within these fortie yeeres; so that in comparison of the present' — Lord Bacon's Essay of Gardens. •God Almighty first planted a Garden; and indeed...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works. And a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1849 - 688 pages
...the phenomena of the growth of trees. " God Almighty," says he, in his quaint but emphatic language," first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handywork." The garden at Gorhambury was laid out with great taste, and according to the rules of the... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 602 pages
...phenomena of the growth of trees. " God Almighty," says he, in his quaint but emphatic language, " first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handywork." The garden at Gorhambury was laid out with great taste, and according to the rules of the... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...them stand at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. OF GARDENS. GOD Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed,...to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palace* are but gross handiworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility anti... | |
 | James Richardson Logan - 1849 - 914 pages
...anticipation is, the more Jireci aiid compendhmi is your search." BACON: DISEASES OF THE NUTMEG TREE* ' " God Almighty first planted a Garden, and indeed it...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which building and palaces are bat grw» handy works : and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
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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... 
