 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 - Стр. 3301832Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1887 - Страниц: 994
...but my meaning is perceived, that "you niay liave ver perpetuum, äs the plaee affords. And because the breath 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... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - Страниц: 502
...of man, without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handy- works." And he adds: — "Because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - Страниц: 620
...similar mode in which music and fragrance are received by the senses, with intervals. "And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where...than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for delight," &c. (Of Gardens.) Milton had probably the passage of the text in view when he wrote, " Now... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1852 - Страниц: 478
...slip the opportunity of breathing fresh air, and conversing with nature. COWPER'S Letters. 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,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1852 - Страниц: 682
...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 Gardens. Note 16, page 500, line 37. O... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - Страниц: 394
...Thus, if you will, you may have the Golden Age again, and a Spring all the year long. And, becaufe the Breath of Flowers is far Sweeter in the Air (where it comes and goes, like the Warbling of Mufick), than in the Hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1852 - Страниц: 328
...recesses. " The breath of flowers," as Bacon beautifully observes, " is far sweeter in the air, when it comes and goes like the warbling of music, than in the hand." Even the rich illustrations which fancy scatters over the page of the orator or the poet, may be crowded... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - Страниц: 176
...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...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,... | |
 | Frederic William Shelton - 1853 - Страниц: 376
...lilium convallium, melocotones, wardens, services, medlars, bullaces, &c. " And because," saith he, " the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where...delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that best perfume the air. Roses damask and red are/as£ flowers of their smells, so that you may walk by... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1853 - Страниц: 408
...they were pretty words, too :—" And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (when it comes and goes, like the warbling of music) than...the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air 5 ." I can repeat them, you see, like a schoolboy \ EUBULDS. There is an old Grecian story, Alethes,... | |
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