 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...  The New Monthly Magazine - Page 2201822Full view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1896 - 616 pages
...one Bacon has left us in his well-known essay. A garden to him was ' the purest of humane pleasures, the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and pallaces are but grosse handyworks.' The ' princelike' garden of the period should not, he thought,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1823 - 330 pages
...one of the most amusing and intellectual pursuits of rural life. " A garden," says my Lord Bacon, " is the purest of human pleasures : it is the greatest...of man ; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks" ; — and whoever is sceptical on this subject will do well to read over his... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVI. OF GARDENS. God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest...spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...distance, with some low galleries to pass irom them to the palace itself. XLVI. OF GARDENS. God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest...spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVI. OF GARDENS. God Almighty first planted a garden ^ and, indeed, it is the purest...spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages rrow to civility and elegancy, men... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1828 - 322 pages
...THE NEW ENGLAND FABHEB. GOD ALHIGHTT first planted a Garden ; and indeed it is the purest of humam pleasures : it is the greatest refreshment to the...spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces aro but gross handy-works BACON-S ESSATS. Boston: PUBLISHED BY JB RUSSELL, No. 52 North Market Street.... | |
 | 1830 - 1016 pages
...is the delight of labour. " God Almighty," says one of the wisest men that ever adorned humanity, " first planted a garden, and inde'ed it is the purest of human pleasures." It is, moreover, peculiarly favoured in this, that while it is the pleasantest of all descriptions of labour,... | |
 | 1830 - 1006 pages
...is the delight of labour. " God Almighty," says one of the wisest men that ever adorned humanity, " first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures." It in, moreover, peculiarly favoured in this, that while it is the pleasanteet of all descriptions of... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
...bat works freely. Attend to neatness every where, and destroy Termin-* God Almighty first planted я garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures...spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks. Bacon. O* OBSERVING A BLOSSOM OH THE FIRST OF FKBRCABY. Sweet OOWST ! tbu peeping... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...wet and cloddy, but works freely. Attend to neatness every where, and destroy vermin.* God Almighty he marriage of one of his maid-servants, to the value...£4000." Davison, in his " Poetical Rhapsody," has the spirit» of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks. tauvn. ON OBSERVING... | |
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