| 734 pages
...the satisfaction which they derived from practising those arts. ' God Almighty/ says lord Bacon, ' first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest...man ; without which, buildings and palaces are but £ ross handy-works.' ' " Such is the superiority of rural occupations and pleasures, that ronwneree,... | |
| William Mason - Church music - 1811 - 526 pages
...ESQ. LL. D. A Garden is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks. And a man shall erer see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 pages
...ISoofes. A garden is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks. And a man shall i- v IT MM', that when ages grow to civility and elegancv, men come to build stately, sooner than to... | |
| William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...ground is not wet and cloddy, but works freely. Attend to neatness every where, and destroy vermin.* -wires), at «he marriage of one of his maid-servants,...beautiful SONNET Upon tending hà Mistrett a Gold-King w handyworks. tauvn. ON OBSERVING Л BLOSSOM ON THE FIRST of FEBRUARY. Sweet flower I thai peeping from... | |
| Catherine Grace F. Gore, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1847 - 348 pages
...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 handiworks : and man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner... | |
| Samuel Hadden Parkes - Housing - 1864 - 120 pages
...first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures, it is the greatest nefreshment to the spirit of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy works, and a man shall ever see that, when ages grow to civilisation and elegancy, men come to... | |
| Industrial arts - 1865 - 794 pages
..." that it is the purest of human pleasures," adding, " that it is tho greatest u1freshmeiit to tho spirit of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." Thus does tho philosopher express not only the universality and propriety of the taste for horticulture,... | |
| Richard Allen (of Nottingham.) - 1866 - 300 pages
...florists — know the truth of what Lord Bacon said : — " God first planted a garden, in which indeed is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiwork." ANCIENT CHARTERS GRANTED TO NOTTINGHAM. Nottingham is a Corporation by Prescription, and... | |
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