 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
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 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... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1825 - 224 pages
...breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musick) 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."—Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...soft air, like music wandering by. " For because the breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music)...delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gar dens. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | S. Waring - Botany - 1827 - 122 pages
...fragrance, in his delightful chapter on gardens. " And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes like the warbling of...for that delight, than to know what be the flowers that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are flowers tenacious of their smells, so that... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 528 pages
...breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musick) 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." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1827 - 256 pages
...breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musick) 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." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...music wandering by. " For because the breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it conies and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand,...delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 11, vol. 2, lines... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 234 pages
...soft air, like music wandering by, " For because the breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more (it for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire.—... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1828 - 228 pages
...soft air, like music wandering by. "For because the breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the band, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which... | |
 | Samuel Felton - Gardeners - 1830 - 270 pages
...and romantic garden of Vanessa, at Marley Abbey. XXX " the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of...the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air; the flower, which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet;* next to that... | |
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