 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 3301832Full view - About this book
 | Charles W. Moore, William John Mitchell, William Turnbull - Architecture - 1988 - 286 pages
...recline Breathing rich odors, quaffing ruby wine! The scents of flowers The song of birds And because, the Breath of Flowers, is far Sweeter in the Air (where it comes and Goes, like the Warbling of Mustek) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know, what be the... | |
 | Allen Lacy - Gardening - 1990 - 386 pages
...Says the wise Lord Bacon again: "And because the Breath of Flowers is far sweeter in the Aire (when it comes and goes, like the Warbling of Music) than...delight than to know what be the Flowers and Plants that doe best perfume the Aire." The most exquisite perfume known to my garden is that of the Wallflowers;... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Fiction - 1990 - 280 pages
...the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music,) therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than...be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.—Bacon * I BELIEVE I was recurring to the rapidity with which our first winter in the wilds slipped... | |
 | Catherine Drinker Bowen - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 294 pages
...white-thorn in leaf. In May and June come pinks of all sorts, specially the blush pink. . . . And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where...flowers and plants that do best perfume the air." Bacon proceeds to tell us. We read, and the scent of musk rose rises, the scent of crushed strawberry... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...meaning is perceived, that you may have ver perpetuum* as the place* affords. And because the breath13 of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes...the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red,* are fast14 flowers of their smells; so that you may walk by a whole row of... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - Literary Collections - 2000 - 682 pages
...breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musick) 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." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. [FH] Francis Bacon, Of Gardens,... | |
 | Felicia Hemans - Poetry - 2002 - 506 pages
...breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of musick) 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." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens.3 1 from John Ferriar.X« Essay... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 2002 - 868 pages
...meaning is perceived, that you may have ver perpetuum,0 as the place0 affords. And because the breath0 of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling0 of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know... | |
 | Fred D. White - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 246 pages
...is perceived, that you may have ver pepetuum [perpetual spring), as the place affords. And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where...the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells (ie, that retain their smells), so that you... | |
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