 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - Liczba stron: 410
...of Man $ without which Buildings and Palaces are but Grofs Handy-works. And a Man ftiall ever fee, that when Ages grow to Civility and Elegancy, Men come to Build Stately, fooner than to Garden Finely: As if Gardening were the greater Perfection. I do hold it in... | |
 | 1767 - Liczba stron: 572
...Murray's letter ;o Mr. Mafun, in our láft Kevifcw. are but grofs handy-works. And a man (hall ever fee, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build ilately, former than to garden finely : as if gardening were the greater perfection." The poem opens... | |
 | William Mason - 1778 - Liczba stron: 168
...SPIRITS OF MAN ; 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 STATELY, SOONER THAN TO GARDEN FINELY I AS IF GARDENING WERE THE GREATER PERFECTION. VERULA M. LONDON... | |
 | 1793 - Liczba stron: 542
...tion." WHEATLEY. MAN mail ever fee (fays Lord Bacon) that when ages grow " to civility and elegance, men come to " build (lately, fooner than to garden " finely; as if gardening were the greater <l perfeftion." This obfervation has been fully exemplified in Ireland: Architecture had arrived at... | |
 | 1795 - Liczba stron: 792
...bet bib brnbenJlunftubet^aupt geworben, unb Dec btfie^eleg Í» Bacons ®emerfunq (Eflays ch. 46.) men come to build (lately fooner than to garden finely : as if gardening were the greater perfeftton !Dl*fe Cono« fdjaftígártneret) (landfcape - gardening) bat bal)«r na« îûriicft nu*... | |
 | William Mason - 1796 - Liczba stron: 264
...SPIRII S OF MAN, WITHOUT WHICH BUILDINGS AND PALACES ARE BUT GR09S HANDYWORKS. AND A MAN SHALL EVER SE*, THAT WHEN AGES GROW TO CIVILITY AND ELEGANCY, MEN COME TO BUILD STATELY, SOONER THAN TO GARDEN FIN ELY : AS IFC.A&PENING WERK THE GREATER PERFECTION. VERULAM. THE... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - Liczba stron: 454
...gardening was unqueftionable. " For the honour of this art," Lord Bacon fays, " a man mall ever fee, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build ftately, fooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater pcrfection." an orbicular... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - Liczba stron: 450
...gardening was unqueftionable. " For the honour of this art," Lord Bacon fays, " a man fhall ever fee, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build ftately, fooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfeaion." an orbicular figure... | |
 | John Sims - 1807 - Liczba stron: 396
...the Spirits of Man, without which Buildings are but grofs Handy- Works : and a Man fhall ever fee, that, when Ages grow to Civility and Elegancy, Men come to build ftalely fooner than to garden finely, as if Gardening were the greater Perfection. BACON. LONDON: Printed... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - Liczba stron: 376
...in gardening to be the most decisive proof of civilization ; " a man shall ever see," he remarks, " that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely: as if gardening were the greater perfection *." It is, therefore,... | |
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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... 
