 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1849 - 550 דפים
...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... | |
 | James Fergusson - 1849 - 584 דפים
...Bacon seems to have been of this opinion when he wrote in his forty-seventh Essay, — " God Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks ; and a man shall ever see that when ages... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 364 דפים
...peculiar nature of all things which are produced from the earth : which generates * " God Almighty first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest...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 stately... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 דפים
...distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVI. OF GARDENS. GOD ALMIGHTY osture as needs it must; Tor in bashfulness the spirits...go and come; but with bold men, upon like occasion, handiworks ; and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 דפים
...composed in, and inspired by, the floral beauties of this his favourite haunt. " God Almighty," he says, " first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handy- works." And he adds: — "Because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 368 דפים
...things which are produced from the earth : wliich generates * " God Almiglfty first planted a garden j and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it...refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which tmildings and palaces are. hut gross handy-works, and u man lihiill ever sec, that, when ages grow... | |
 | Capesthorne - 1850 - 78 דפים
...Well said Lord Bacon, " God Almighty first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the finest of humane pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits...which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." Now you may be a Sunday School Teacher — very possibly ypu have been a Sunday Scholar. If so, you... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 דפים
...distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVL OF GARDENS. God Almighty first 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... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1851 - 458 דפים
...whose zeal in this cause was so ardent, that he opened his essay on the subject with " God Almighty first planted a garden; and indeed it is the purest...which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." He did not admire the knots or figures of divers-coloured earths, they being but toys—" you may see... | |
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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... 
