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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... "
Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Page 230
by Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pages
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A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to ...

Andrew Jackson Downing - 1852 - 564 pages
...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...
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The Flower Garden. With an Essay on the Poetry of Gardening. Reprinted from ...

Flower Garden - 1852 - 116 pages
...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 '...
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The Flower Garden: With an Essay on the Poetry of Gardening ...

Thomas James - 1852 - 108 pages
...flower in her " sunny locks." THE POETRY OF GARDENING: " Lilia mista rosis." — Softool 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 '...
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The Theory and Analysis of Drama

Manfred Pfister - 1988 - 364 pages
...explicitly to both the iconographic and emblematic significance and ironic function of the setting: 'God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks.' Thus begins Francis Bacon's eulogy to the park and at this point the greatest effort should...
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The Poetics of Gardens

Charles W. Moore, William John Mitchell, William Turnbull - 1988 - 286 pages
...civilization. The essay begins: GOD Almightie first Planted a Garden. And indeed, it is the Purest of Humane pleasures. It is the Greatest Refreshment to the Spirits of Man; Without which, Buildings and Pallaces are but Grosse Handy-works: And a Man shall ever see, that when Ages grow to Civility and...
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The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...dice level all distinctions. Samuel Footc (1720-1777) English dramatist Set Butler on FAITH Gardens God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist Annihilating all that's made To a green thought...
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Botanical Gazette, Volume 24

John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur - 1897 - 524 pages
...it is an important factor in rendering that advance more easy and more certain. He says (Essay 46), "God Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks ; and a man shall ever see, that where ages grow to civility and elegancy men come to build...
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Botanical Gazette, Volume 24

John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur - 1897 - 542 pages
...it is an important factor in rendering that advance more easy and more certain. He says (Essay 46), "God Almighty first planted a garden, and indeed it...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks ; and a man shall ever see, that where ages grow to civility and elegancy men come to build...
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The Cleveland Herbal, Botanical, and Horticultural Collections: A ...

Holden Arboretum, Cleveland Medical Library Association, Garden Center of Greater Cleveland - 1992 - 1072 pages
...rule] BY THOMAS G. FESSENDEN, | EDITOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. | [short ornamental rule] | [rule] | GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden; and indeed it...without which | buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works [23 dots] BACON'S ESSAYS. | [broken rule] | [short thick thin double rule] | Boston: |...
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Estranging the Familiar: Toward a Revitalized Critical Writing

George Douglas Atkins - 1992 - 222 pages
...continue to repress our desire? CHAPTER TWO In Other Words: Gardening for LoveThe Work of the Essayist God Almighty first planted a garden. And Indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. BACON, Essays If you would know the power of character, see how much you would impoverish the world,...
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