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" 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. "
The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Page 330
1832
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...: but my meaning is perceived, that you may have "ver perpetunm," as the place affords. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, (where...is more fit for that delight, than to know what be ' e flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Hoses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 4

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 612 pages
...breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and gnes like the warbling ofmmicke) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for...delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." I always envy what Cowper calls " the occupations of a retired gentleman...
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The New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal ..., Volume 3

1822 - 592 pages
...breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musicke) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for...delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants which . doe best perfume the aire." I always envy what Cowper calls " the occupations of a retired...
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The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 3

1822 - 600 pages
...breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling ofmusicke) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for...delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." I always envy what Cowper calls " the occupations of a retired gentleman...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 4

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 pages
...flowers is rafre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the varbling ofmusicke) than jn the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." o 2 t vALENTINE WRITING. By a most singular arrangement, the day...
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Noontide Leisure: Or, Sketches in Summer, Outlines from Nature and ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 pages
...perceive another proof of it, for, to use once more the language of our great contemporary, ' because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where...goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand,'* you have taken care, I see, to select all those flowers and plants that do best perfume its breezes."...
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Noontide Leisure: Or, Sketches in Summer, Outlines from Nature and ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1824 - 344 pages
...perceive another proof of it, for, to use once more the language of our great contemporary, ' because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where...goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand,'* you have taken care, I see, to select all those flowers and plants that do best perfume its breezes."...
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Noontide Leisure; Or, Sketches in Summer, Outlines from Nature ..., Volumes 1-2

Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 pages
...perceive another proof of it, for, to use once more the language of our great contemporary, * because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where...goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand,'* you have taken care, I see, to select all those flowers and plants that do best perfume its breezes."...
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Noontide leisure; or, Sketches in summer

Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 pages
...perceive another proof of it, for, to use once more the language of our great contemporary, ' because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where...goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand,'* you have taken care, I see, to select all those flowers and plants that do best perfume its breezes."...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...London : but my meaning is perceived, that you may have ver perpetuum, as the place affords. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where...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...
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