...of course meant to attach to a Royal residence as Eoyal a garden ; but as Bacon says, '.'men begin to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection." The mansion of Alcinous was of brazen walls with golden columns ; and the Greeks and Eomans had houses...

...refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks ; and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to...the greater perfection. I do hold it, in the royal ordering of gardens, there ought to be gardens for all the months in the year, in which, severally,...

...refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works, and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to...sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the j;reatef perfection." — Lord Bacon, Essay 46. such great trunks and branches from so small a grain...

...are but gross handyworks : and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility' and elegancy,3 men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely...the greater perfection. I do hold it, in the royal ordering of gardens, there ought to be gardens for all the months in the year, in which, severally,...

...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...finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection." There is an inspiration in simply reading a description of his ideal garden, or rather gardens, for...

...when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build 10 Retiring-room. " Secret outlets. HCin 8 stately sooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening...the greater perfection. I do hold it, in the royal ordering of gardens, there ought to be gardens for all the months in the year ; in which severally...

...palaces are but gross handiworks; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegance, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection." — Francis Bacon. of the McKinley Vocational School and the Board of Education of the City of Buffalo,...

...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility...finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection." Bacon has followed up this sentiment in his two Essays on Buildings, and on Gardens, with many pleasing...

...purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildmgs and palaces are but gross handy works ; and a man...finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection.' Long after this great man wrote, an English garden was an inclosure, where all view of the surrounding...

...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...finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfection. THIS familiar, not to say hackneyed, quotation from Bacon of Verulam, may fitly introduce our subject...