 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 it be in a morning's dew. Bays, likewise, yield no smell as they grow, rosemary little, nor sweet marjoram;...  The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 214by Francis Bacon - 1815Full view - About this book
 | Ernest Rhys - English essays - 1915 - 518 pages
...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 it be...yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet; specially the white double violet, which comes twice a year ; about the middle of April, and about... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania - 1917 - 922 pages
...may walk by a whole Row of them, and find nothing of their Sweetness; yea, though it be in a morning Dew. Bays likewise yield no smell as they grow, Rosemary little, nor Sweet-Marjoram. That, which above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the Violet,... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 566 pages
...them, and find nothing of their sweetness; yea, though it be in a morning's dew. Bays like- [80 wise yield no smell as they grow. Rosemary little; nor...yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet; specially the white double violet, which comes twice a year, about the middle of April, and about Bartholomewtide.... | |
 | William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane - English essays - 1916 - 540 pages
...marjoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet, specially the white double violet, which comes twice a year ; about the middle of April, and about Bartholomew-tide. Next to that is the muskrose. Then the strawberry-leaves dying, which [yield] a most... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 468 pages
...marjoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet; specially the white double violet, which comes twice a year, about the middle of April, and about Bartholomewtide. Next to that is the musk-rose. Then the strawberryleaves dying, which [yield] a most... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 944 pages
...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 it be in a morning's dew. Bays like- [go wise yield no smell as they grow. Rosemary little; nor sweet marjoram. That which above all... | |
 | Alfred H. Hyatt - Gardens - 1918 - 148 pages
...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 it be...yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet; specially the white double violet, which comes twice a year ; aboutthemiddleofApril,andaboutBartholomew-tide.... | |
 | Alfred H. Hyatt - Gardens - 1918 - 148 pages
...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 it be in a morning's dew. Bays likewiseyield no smell, as they grow. Rosemary little; nor sweet marjoram. That, which above all others,... | |
 | Amrita Lal Sircar - Medicine - 1911 - 54 pages
...morning's dew; bays, also give no smell as they grow, and rosemary and marjoram not much. The flower which yields the sweetest smell in the air is the violet, especially the white double one and after that the musk-rose. Then come sweet-briar, wall-flowers, pinks and gillyflowers; then... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - English prose literature - 1920 - 264 pages
...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 it be...yields the sweetest smell in the air is the Violet, specially the white double Violet, which comes twice a year, about the middle of April and about Bartholomew-tide.... | |
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