 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
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 552 pages
...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...the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells ; so that you may walk by a whole row of them,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...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...the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells ; so that you may walk by a whole row of them,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...but my meaning is perceived, that you may have " ver perpetutim," 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; so that you may walk by a whole row of them,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1825 - 224 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. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | S. Waring - Botany - 1827 - 122 pages
...eulogium Lord Bacon has passed on its fragrance, in his delightful chapter on gardens. " And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where...for that delight, than to know what be the flowers that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are flowers tenacious of their smells, so that... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...soft air, like music wandering by. " For because the breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music)...delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gar dens. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 528 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. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1827 - 256 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. Note 16, page 75, lines 11, 12,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...music wandering by. " For because the breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it conies and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand,...delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire." — Lord Bacon's Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 11, vol. 2, lines... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 234 pages
...soft air, like music wandering by, " For because the breath of flowers is farre sweeter in the aire (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more (it for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants which doe best perfume the aire.—... | |
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