 The green hath two pleasures ; the one, because nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn ; the other, because it will give you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose...  Bacon's Essays - Page 56by Francis Bacon - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Henry Nicholson Ellacombe - Gardens in literature - 1878 - 316 pages
...parts of the pleasure grounds, and apparently well kept, for Lord Bacon has given his opinion that " nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green Grass kept finely shorn," but it was apparently to be found only in the orchard, the bowling green, or the " wilderness;" in... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...Then pinks and gilliflowers, especially the matted pink and clove gilliflowers. Then the flowers TO of the lime-tree. Then the honeysuckles, so they be...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go «„ in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the garden. But, because the alley will be... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1879 - 356 pages
...besides alleys on both sides ; and I like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the Green, six to the Heath, four and four to either side, and...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the Garden : but because the alley will be long,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 228 pages
...besides alleys on both sides ; and I like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the Green, six to the Heath, four and four to either side, and...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the Garden : but because the alley will be long,... | |
 | Girls - 1881 - 390 pages
...heath six, four and five to the ' side-alleys,' and twelve to the main garden. The green, he says, has two pleasures : the one, because nothing is more pleasant...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the garden ; but because the alley will be long,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 324 pages
...or desert in the going forth, and the main garden in the midst, besides alleys on both sides. And 1 like well that four acres of ground be assigned to...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the garden. But, because the alley will be long,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...besides alleys on both sides ; and I like well, that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, and...is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept fmely shorn ; the other, because it will give you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 pages
...four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, aud twelve to the main garden. The green hath two pleasures:...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which, is to enclose the garden ; but because the alley will be long,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...besides alleys on both sides ; and I like well that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, and...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to inclose the garden. But because the alley will be long,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1884 - 474 pages
...besides alleys on both sides ; and I like well that four acres of ground be assigned to the green, six to the heath, four and four to either side, and...you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to inclose the garden. But because the alley will be long,... | |
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