...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks.' And yet gardens of old were systematically made scenes of voluptuousness and indecency under the sanction...

....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,...

...terraces leaded aloft, and fairly garnished on the three sides ; and cloistered on the inside writh pillars, and not with arches below. As for offices,...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...

...changed, has not been proved, nor have we reason to believe that such is ever the case. Л CARDEN. GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden : and, indeed,...of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment of the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks. — BACON. 256...

...greater or more permanent satisfaction, than that of cultivating the earth and adorning our own property. "God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures," says Lord Bacon. And as the first man was shut out from the garden, in the cultivation of which no...

...fruits from all the provinces in Asia and Europe of which he has at different periods been governor. " God Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of all human pleasures." I love Lord Bacon for that sentence almost more than for any thing in his whole...

...flower in her " sunny locks." L THE POETRY OF GARDENING; " Lilia mista rosis." — School Exercise. " GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden, and indeed it is the purest of all human pleasures." I love Lord Bacon for that saying more than for his being the author of the '...