 | William Mason - 1778 - Počet stránok 168
...428089 LIBRARY THE ENGLISH GARDEN: o E M. BOOK THE FIRST. BY i W. MASON, MA THE THIRD EDITION. A GARDEN IS THE PUREST OF HUMAN PLEASURES, IT IS THE GREATEST...WITHOUT WHICH BUILDINGS AND PALACES ARE BUT GROSS HANDY-WORKS. AND A MAN SHALL EVER SEE, THAT WHEN AGES GROW TO CIVILITY AND ELEGANCY, MEN COME TO BUILD... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - Počet stránok 370
...in gardening to be the most decisive proof of civilization ; " a man shall ever see," he remarks, " that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men...finely: as if gardening were the greater perfection *." It is, therefore, highly to the credit of Addison, that at a time when the style of gardening was... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - Počet stránok 376
...in gardening to be the most decisive proof of civilization ; " a man shall ever see," he remarks, " that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men...finely: as if gardening were the greater perfection *." It is, therefore, highly to the credit of Addition, that at a time when the style of gardening... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1806 - Počet stránok 442
...they derived from practising those arts. " God Almighty first planted a garden," says Lord Bacon; " and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It...without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." • ' Such is the superiority of rural occupations and pleasures, that commerce, large... | |
 | Počet stránok 734
...the satisfaction which they derived from practising those arts. ' God Almighty/ says lord Bacon, ' first planted a garden ; and indeed it is the purest...human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirit? of man ; without which, buildings and palaces are but £ ross handy-works.' ' " Such is the... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - Počet stránok 516
...POEM. IN FOUR BOOKS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED * A COMMENTARY AND NOTES, BY W. BURGH, ESQ. LL. D. A Garden is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest...finely : as if gardening were the greater perfection. VERULAM. A PREFACE. As the Four Books, which compose the following Poem, were published originally... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - Počet stránok 524
...A POEM. IN FOUR BOOKS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED A COMMENTARY AND NOTES, BY W. BURGH, ESQ. LL. D. A Garden is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest...finely : as if gardening were the greater perfection. VERULAM. PREFACE. As the Four Books, which compose the following Poem, were published originally at... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - Počet stránok 530
...POEM. IN FOUR BOOKS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED A COMMENTARY AND NOTES, BY W. BURGH, ESQ. LL. D. A Garden a the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest...finely : as if gardening were the greater perfection. V£RUHM. PREFACE. As the Four Books, which compose the following Poem, were published originally at... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - Počet stránok 520
...ESQ. LL. D. A Garden is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the ipirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but...finely : as if gardening were the greater perfection. VKRDLAM. PREFACE. As the Four Books, which compose the following Poem, were published originally at... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - Počet stránok 526
...A POEM. IN FOUR BOOKS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED A COMMENTARY AND NOTES, BY W. BURGH, ESQ. LL. D. A Garden is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest...palaces are but gross handiworks. And a man shall erer see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden... | |
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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 handyworks... 
