 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...Pallace it Selfe. XLVI GOD Almightie first Planted a Garden. And indeed, it is the Purest of Humane plea•sures. 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... | |
 | Atticus - Catholic universities and colleges - 1870 - 166 pages
...first advert. Well was it said by Bacon that " 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 handiworks ; and a man 114 GARDENS. shall ever see that, when ages... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 378 pages
...from them to the palace itself. XLVI OF GARDENS 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 handiworks; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | Play - 1937 - 800 pages
...Originally the instruction was provided through lectures alone. Now, however, with the cooperation "A garden is indeed 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 ever see that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | English periodicals - 1924 - 970 pages
...OF THE GARDEN' I. — THE GARDEN IN LITERATURE 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 building and palaces are but gross handyworks ; and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - Drama - 1988 - 364 pages
...significance and ironic function of the setting: '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.' Thus begins Francis Bacon's eulogy to the park and... | |
 | Charles W. Moore, William John Mitchell, William Turnbull - Architecture - 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... | |
 | John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur - Botany - 1897 - 524 pages
...more easy and more certain. He says (Essay 46), "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 handiworks ; and a man shall ever see, that where ages grow to... | |
 | John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur - Botany - 1897 - 542 pages
...more easy and more certain. He says (Essay 46), "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 handiworks ; and a man shall ever see, that where ages grow to... | |
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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... 
