 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...  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 192edited by - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1876 - 218 pages
...adapted to the keeping of fruit. OUR WINDOW PLANTS. MRS. IH WILLIAMS, MADISON. '• God Almighty first planted a garden; And, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.'' In these enlightened days, when the broad wave of gentle culture is spreading far and wide, it is rare... | |
 | Thomas J. Schlereth - History - 1999 - 456 pages
...worldly delight; for Dante it was the pinnacle of Purgatory. Francis Bacon wrote, "God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures." 3I The dooryard's traditional plots of flowers, whose existence is owed alone to the desire to participate... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - Drama - 1988 - 364 pages
...the iconographic and emblematic significance and ironic function of the setting: '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... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...distinctions. Samuel Footc (1720-1777) English dramatist Set Butler on FAITH Gardens God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist Annihilating all that's made To a green thought... | |
 | John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur - Botany - 1897 - 524 pages
...factor in rendering that advance more easy and more certain. He says (Essay 46), "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... | |
 | John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur - Botany - 1897 - 542 pages
...factor in rendering that advance more easy and more certain. He says (Essay 46), "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... | |
 | George Douglas Atkins - Literary Collections - 1992 - 222 pages
...our desire? CHAPTER TWO In Other Words: Gardening for LoveThe Work of the Essayist God Almighty first planted a garden. And Indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. BACON, Essays If you would know the power of character, see how much you would impoverish the world,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...obituaries on her dejth, 1 5 April 1990. See j I so влпЬ« on ACTORS. GARDENS 1 God Almighty first -1616), English dramatist, poet. Hamlcl. in Hamlet, acl 5, sc. 1 . FRANCIS BACON (1 561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, ¿talesman. Essays, "Of Gardens" (1597-1625).... | |
 | Teresa Calvano - Art - 1996 - 310 pages
...fotografiche delle incisioni acquerellate dai testi di Repton. Viaggio nel pittoresco God almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. Bacone, Of Gardens, 1625 Tutte le traduzioni delle citazioni contenute nel libro sono a cura dell'autrice... | |
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