 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 handiworks.  Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy - עמוד 74מאת George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 715 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | 1844 - 628 דפים
...therefore, am obliged to give it from memory. " God Almighty first planted a garden," says Francis Bacon ; " and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it...which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." One can almost fancy the Chancellor leaning on the arm of a friend, and walking in his garden, after... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - 1845 - 504 דפים
...affords the surest evidence of a refined and intellectual community. ' God Almighty,' says Lord Bacon, ' first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreahment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works ;... | |
 | John Armstrong - 1846 - 314 דפים
...observation.f Thus recommended (apart from its pecuniary * Lord Bacon calls it " the purest of human pleasures, the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." t Of those among the ancients who may be considered as authorities, Cicero is perhaps... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1847 - 348 דפים
...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... | |
 | 1880 - 494 דפים
...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... | |
 | 1855 - 970 דפים
...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 דפים
...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 דפים
...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... | |
 | 1849 - 602 דפים
...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... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - 688 דפים
...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... | |
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