...freshly remembered by the votaries of country life : " God Almighty first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest...buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks : and man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner...

...I lately met with the passages I meant, I cannot fill up my paper better than with some of them. " A man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, soon then to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it that in the Royal...

...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...

...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,...

...the present' — Lord Bacon's Essay of Gardens. •God Almighty first planted a Garden; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest...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...

..." God Almighty," says he, in his quaint but emphatic language," first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest...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...

..." God Almighty," says he, in his quaint but emphatic language, " first planted a garden, and indeed handywork." The garden at Gorhambury was laid out with great taste, and according to the rules of the...

...your search." BACON: DISEASES OF THE NUTMEG TREE* ' " 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 building and palaces are bat grw» handy works : and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility...

...pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palace* are but gross handiworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility anti elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater...

...beauties of this his favourite haunt. " God Almighty," he says, " first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handy- works." And he adds: — "Because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it...