 And, because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.  The Plant-lore & Garden-craft of Shakespeare - Page 197by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe - 1878 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 234 pages
...air, like music wandering by, " For because the breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more (it for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire.—... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1828 - 228 pages
...air, like music wandering by. "For because the breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the band, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which... | |
 | Samuel Felton - Gardeners - 1830 - 270 pages
...romantic garden of Vanessa, at Marley Abbey. XXX " the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music), than...the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air; the flower, which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet;* next to that... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1831 - 510 pages
...air, like music wandering by. " For because the breath of flowers is farrc sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than...delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 17, col. 2. I saw... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 524 pages
...dwells on the allurements of a garden: — "The breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music), than...the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air; the flower which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet* ; next to that... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...in Provence. Michael Bryan, 1757, Newcastle. The breath of flowers is far sweeter in, the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand. Bacon. Dratfis. ©bttS of the Latin Church. St. Hegesippus (a Historian of the Church), died, 180.... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 526 pages
...air, like music wandering by. " For because the breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than...delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aiie." — Lord Bacon' г Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 17, col. 2. I... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 526 pages
...the allurements of a garden : — " The breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where itcomes and goes like the warbling of music), than in the hand ; therefore, nothing is more tit for that del;ght, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air; the... | |
 | Horticulture - 1834 - 550 pages
...perpetuum," as the place affords. And because the breath of flowers is fur sweeter in the open air, (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music ;) than in the hand, therefore, nothing more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - American literature - 1835 - 498 pages
...breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire, (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musicke) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for...delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants, which doe best perfume the aire.'* The flowers greet me, as I stoop to water them, like familiar beings,... | |
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