 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 oldal
...ought to be garden* for all the months in the year. Bacon. When ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfection. Id. Gardeners tread down any loos.' ground, after they have sown onions... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 oldal
...are but gross handiworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it, in the royal ordering of gardens, there ought to be gardens... | |
 | 1834 - 550 oldal
...are but gross handy works: and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it, in the royal onlering of gardens, there ought to be gardens... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 oldal
...architecture ; which gave rise to the remark of the former, " that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection. " 32. The vale of Tempe, however, as described in the third book of /Elian's... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 oldal
...grounds. There is a striking remark of Lord Bacon on this subject: "Further, a man shall see " that when ages advance in civility and politeness, " men...to garden " finely, as if gardening was the greater per" fection." Yet Bacon himself may be considered to afford an instance of the inferior taste which... | |
 | 1843 - 708 oldal
...hisEssay on Gardens. " Whenagesgrowtociviliiy and elegancy," he says in that interesting composition, " men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection." In illustration of this assertion of Bacon, (if, indeed, any assertion... | |
 | 1838 - 1056 oldal
...the most mighty states. It is Lord Bacon who says that ' when ages do grow to civility and elegancy men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection.' According to Sir John Malcolm, the Persians had gardens from the period... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 oldal
...palaces are but gross handyworks: and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it, in the royal ordering of gardens, there ought to be gardens... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1838 - 540 oldal
...the most mighty suites. ]| is Lord Bacon who says that ' when ages do prow lo civility and elegancy men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection.' According to Sir John Malcolm, the Persians had gardens from the period... | |
 | 1838 - 542 oldal
...the most mighty states. It is Lord Bacon who says that ' when ages do grow to civility and elegancy men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection.' According to Sir John Malcolm, the Persians had gardens from the period... | |
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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... 
