...than refined horticultural pursuits. " When nations grow to civility and elegance," said Lord Bacon, "men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection,'-' — a perfection on the prevalence of which, even our republican edifice in a great...

...than refined horticultural pursuits. " When nations grow to civility and elegance," said Lord Bacon, " men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection,"—a perfection on the prevalence of which, even our republican edifice in a great measure...

...palaces are but gross handy-works. And a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it in the royal oidering of gardens there ought to be gardens for all the months...

...are but gross handy-works. And a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely: as if gardening were the greater perfection." Wie tritt hier sogleich die kulturhistorische und künstlerische Erfassung der Gartenanlage,...

...handy-works. And a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to huild stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it in the royal ordering of gardens there ought to he gardens for all the months...

...buildings are but gross handyworks. A man " shall ever see that when ages grow to civility arid elegancy, men come to " build stately, sooner than to garden...if gardening were the " greater perfection."—LORD BACON. " Mira qusedam in colendis floribus suavitas, et delectatio."—CICERO. Felicitous expression...

...palaces are but gross handiworks: and man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection." 415 will soon ride your hobby to death. Why, oh! why condemn yourself to hard labour and...

...parlour; better keep a bed of tulips than a horse and chaise. " When ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfection." So saith my Lord Bacon. VII. EVERY one is ready enough to cry out against the tyranny...

...of this art," Lord Bacon says, " a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfection." — Warton. The taste in gardening, like all other arts, must be progressive. The taste...

...palaces are but gross handiworks, and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection." Many of our common flowers and even fruit-trees were first introduced in the monastic...