 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.  Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy - 75. lappuseautors: George Lillie Craik - 1846Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Edward Jesse - 1847 - 444 lapas
...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 that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask and red, are flowers tenacious of their smells, so that... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 lapas
...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...flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, Jamask and red, are fast flowers of their smells ; so that you may walk by a whole row 15* of them,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - 688 lapas
...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...flowers and plants that do best perfume the air." Beneath the windows of his study were planted musk-roses, sweet-briar, wallflowers, and large masses... | |
 | 1849 - 602 lapas
...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...flowers and plants that do best perfume the air." Beneath the windows of his study were planted musk-roses, sweet-briar, wall-flowers, and large masses... | |
 | 1887 - 994 lapas
...of flowers is far sweeter in the air, (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of nmsick) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to kuow what be the flowers and plants that do but perfume the air. Roses damask ajid red are flowers... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 lapas
...music, than in the hand, therefore nothing in n fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowm and plants that do best perfume the air. Roses, damask...in a morning's dew. Bays likewise yield no smell, at they grow ; rosemary, little ; nor sweet marjoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 lapas
...of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music) than in se, that the principal strength of an army consisteth...good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in the rod, are fast flowers of their smells ; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 lapas
...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...flowers and plants that do best perfume the air." As late as the year 1754, there was standing, in the gardens of Gray's Inn, an octagonal seat, covered... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 lapas
...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...air. Roses, damask and red, are fast • flowers of ' Ribes (Latin name) for currants. 'Rasp (obsolete) fur raspberry. 'Genniling for jenneting. 'Quo1llin... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1852 - 478 lapas
...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,...sweetness ; yea, though it be in a morning's dew. That which, above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air is the violet, especially the white... | |
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