 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
 | George Reuben Potter - English literature - 1928 - 640 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 musk-rose. Then the strawberryleaves dying, with a most excellent... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 378 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... | |
 | English periodicals - 1925 - 966 pages
...breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music). . . . That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet.' And, as they serve our purpose later, we will add the words that follow : ' Next to that is the musk-rose.'... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1902 - 876 pages
...early. Ettay of Death. I know not how, but martial men are given to love. Ettay of Love. That which yields the sweetest smell in the air is the violet, especially the white. Ettay of ffardent. To cure deafness is difficult. Know thyself. Promut. Promut. Although his iorfy-politic... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen - American literature - 1922 - 900 pages
...Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smell, 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. Observe, please, his use of the expression, " fast flowers of their smell " ! Since his day we have... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 2002 - 868 pages
...are fast0 flowers of their smells; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of0 their sweetness; yea though it be in a morning's dew....Bays likewise yield no smell as they grow. Rosemary litrle; nor sweet marjoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the... | |
 | Rose Standish Nichols - Architecture - 2003 - 332 pages
...may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their Sweetness; yea though it be in a Mornings Dew. Bays, likewise, yield no Smell as they grow;...yields the Sweetest Smell in the Air, is the Violet, specially the White double Violet, which comes twice a year, about the middle of Apr1l, and about Bartholomewtide.... | |
 | Fred D. White - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 246 pages
...flowers of their smells (ie, that retain 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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