 And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 193edited by - 1865Full view - About this book
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...perceived that you may have ver perpetuum* as the place affords. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music,) than in the baud, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to feiow what be the flowers and plants that... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...perceived that you may have ver perpetuum* as the place affords. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music,) than iu the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1886 - 1470 pages
...perceived, that you may have ver perpetuum, as the plací: affords. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of musick) than in the hand, therefore nothing is- more fit for that delight, than to know what be the... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Berkshire (England) - 1847 - 430 pages
...the works of the poet. Lord Bacon, also, eulogizes the violet. " And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes like the warbling of music, than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers that do best perfume... | |
 | Anne Pratt - Angiosperms - 1847 - 216 pages
...blossoms near, breathes sweetness ; and, as says Lord Bacon, " the breath of flowers is far sweeter upon the air, where it comes and goes like the warbling of music, than in the hand" ? Shall we forget our lovely banks of primroses and sweet and modest violets ? Have we not in our own... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 602 pages
...taste, and according to the rules of the noble owner : " Because," says he, "the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes like the warbling of music, than in the hand ; therefore, nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1849 - 688 pages
...taste, and according to the rules of the noble owner : " Because," savs he," the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes like the warbling of music, than in the hand ; therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1850 - 502 pages
...buildings and palaces are but gross handy- works." And he adds: — "Because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes like the warbling of music, than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...may have the Golden Age again , and a spring all the year long. 2. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 616 pages
...music and fragrance are received by the senses, with intervals. "And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for delight," &c. (Of Gardens.) Milton had probably the passage of the... | |
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