 | James Fergusson - 1849 - Liczba stron: 584
...artistic effect. 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... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1849 - Liczba stron: 550
...greater or more 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... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - Liczba stron: 502
...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...buildings and palaces are but gross handy- works." And he adds: — "Because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes like... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - Liczba stron: 364
...pass over the peculiar nature of all things which are produced from the earth : which generates * " God Almighty first planted a garden ; and indeed it...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... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - Liczba stron: 368
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - Liczba stron: 892
...stand at 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...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... | |
 | Capesthorne - 1850 - Liczba stron: 78
...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...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." Now you may be a Sunday School Teacher — very possibly ypu have been a Sunday Scholar.... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1851 - Liczba stron: 458
...illustrious Bacon, 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...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." He did not admire the knots or figures of divers-coloured earths, they being but toys—"... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - Liczba stron: 228
....GARDENS. 1. God Almighty first planted a garden; and, rrrdeed, H is the purest of human pleasures, ft is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of ma,n...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks : amd a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
 | 1852 - Liczba stron: 604
...changed, has not been proved, nor have we reason to believe that such is ever the case. Л CARDEN. GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden : and, indeed,...of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment of the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks. — BACON. 256... | |
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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... 
