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 Eclectic Review - Side 153redigert av - 1821Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| William Hone - 1841 - 840 sider
...» not wet and cloddy, but works freely. Attend to neatness етегу where, and destroy vermin.* God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed,...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks. Bacon. The attempered organ, that even saddest . thought« Mix with fume sweet sensations,... | |
| 1853 - 654 sider
...style of Christian minister that this century has produced. (17.) " GOD ALMIGHTY," says Lord Bacon, "first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which"buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." Passages of this spirit can be gathered from... | |
| Thomas Green Fessenden - 1842 - 338 sider
...Grapetinea, Silk, Strawberries, &.c. &,c. By Thomaa G. Fessenden, Ettitor of the New £ngland Farmer. "God Almighty first planted a Garden; and indeed it is the purest of tyiman pleasures : it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which tuLdings and... | |
| James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 sider
...larger scale; but I continue to keep up a due succession, which, to a floral epicure, is every thing. God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed,...is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man. 6 ' Burke (Reflections). 2 Swift. 3 Burke (Reflections). 4 Stewart's Philosophy, 35. & Johnson. * Bacon.... | |
| John Nowell - 1844 - 106 sider
...damascene, To yield him fruit, untouch'd till Autumn came, And the plane-tree to minister its shade. " 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... | |
| 1849 - 600 sider
...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... | |
| 1844 - 628 sider
...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...without 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... | |
| Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1844 - 556 sider
...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 handyworks ; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build... | |
| 1845 - 584 sider
...the suiest evidence of a refined and intellectual community. ' ' God Almighty,' says Lord Bacon, ' first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest...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... | |
| Charles Mason Hovey - 1845 - 504 sider
...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 ;... | |
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