 God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...  Bacon's Essays - Page 54by Francis Bacon - 1881Full view - About this book
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...the spirits of. man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks ; and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy,...all the months in the year ; in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season. For December and January, and the latter part of November,... | |
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...the spirits of man ; without which buildings and pulaces are but gross handyworks : and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy,...for all the months in the year, in which, severally, things of beanty may be then in season. For December, and January, and the latter part of November,... | |
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...the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy works: and aman shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy,...finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfection. -And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, (where it comes and goes, like the warbling... | |
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