 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
 | William Ralph Douthwaite - Inns of Court - 1886 - 330 pages
...fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. . . . That which above all others yields the sweetest smell...comes twice a year; about the middle of April, and Bartholomew-tide. Next to that is the musk rose. Then sweet briar. Then wall flowers, which are very... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1886 - 298 pages
...damask and red, are fast flowers of their smell ; so that you may walk by a whole 5S row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness, yea, though it be...as they grow, rosemary little, nor sweet marjoram. Thatwhich, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the 60 air, is the violet ; especially the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1887 - 326 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...twice a year — about the middle of April and about Bartholomew-tide. Next to that is the musk-rose, then the strawberry leaves dying, which yield a most... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy, English - 1890 - 826 pages
...damask and red8, 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...no smell as they grow. Rosemary little ; nor sweet majoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air6, is the violet, specially... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1888 - 336 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...twice a year — about the middle of April and about Bartholomew-tide. Next to that is the musk-rose, then the strawberry leaves dying, which yield a most... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 456 pages
...smells ; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness ; yea, 10 though it be in a morning's dew. Bays likewise yield...twice a year, about the middle of April and about Bartholomew-tide. Next to that is the muskrose ; then the strawberry-leaves dying, which ya most excellent... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 510 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 pages
...damask and red5, 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...no smell as they grow. Rosemary little ; nor sweet majoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air6, is the violet, specially... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 300 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 likewise 1 Orchis. 2 A variety of large peach. * In some copies of the original edition this sentence reads... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1891 - 466 pages
...damask and red, are fast flowers 1 of their smell, so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness; yea, though it be...twice a year, about the middle of April, and about Bartholomewtide. Next to that is the musk-rose; then the strawberry leaves dying, with a most excellent... | |
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