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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... "
The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ... - Page 135
by William Hone - 1841
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Cicero's three books of offices ... also his Cato major ... Lælius ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 364 pages
...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...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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...stand at distance, with some low galleries to pass from them to the palace itself. XLVI. OF GARDENS. and wooden posture as needs it must; Tor in bashfulness...go and come; but with bold men, upon like occasion, handiworks ; and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build...
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London and Its Celebrities: A Second Series of Literary and ..., Volume 2

John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 pages
...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...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...
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Cicero's Three Books Of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 368 pages
...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...
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A Whitsuntide ramble to Capesthorne park

Capesthorne - 1850 - 78 pages
...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...which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." Now you may be a Sunday School Teacher — very possibly ypu have been a Sunday Scholar. If so, you...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...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...
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Ædes Hartwellianæ: Or, Notices of the Manor and Mansion of Hartwell

William Henry Smyth - 1851 - 458 pages
...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...which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." He did not admire the knots or figures of divers-coloured earths, they being but toys—" you may see...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 25

1851 - 608 pages
...Gardens, in the first place, ought to furnish only pure delights. " God Almighty," says Lord Bacon, " first planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest...which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks.' And yet gardens of old were systematically made scenes of voluptuousness and indecency under the sanction...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, with notes by A. Spiers

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
....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...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 stately,...
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The Observing Self: Rediscovering the Essay

Graham Good - 1988 - 232 pages
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