 And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music), than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.  Bacon's Essays - Page 55by Francis Bacon - 1881Full view - About this book
 | 1822 - 600 pages
...breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling ofmusicke) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for...delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." I always envy what Cowper calls " the occupations of a retired gentleman... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 pages
...more the language of our great contemporary, ' because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand,'* you have taken care, I see, to select all those flowers and plants that do best perfume its breezes."... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 pages
...more the language of our great contemporary, ' because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand,'* you have taken care, I see, to select all those flowers and plants that do best perfume its breezes."... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 344 pages
...more the language of our great contemporary, ' because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand,'* you have taken care, I see, to select all those flowers and plants that do best perfume its breezes."... | |
 | Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 pages
...more the language of our great contemporary, * because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand,'* you have taken care, I see, to select all those flowers and plants that do best perfume its breezes."... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...may have ver perpetuum, as the place affords. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand,therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...have " ver perpetutim," as the place affords. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of...air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness; yea, though... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...have " ver perpetuum," as the place affords. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of...air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells ; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness ; yea, though... | |
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