...have let 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 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,...

...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...

...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...

...recesses. " The breath of flowers," as Bacon beautiful!} 7 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...

...holly oaks, and such like. i he place affords. •nig ia perceived that you may have ver perpetuum, as And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in...the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. Boses, damask and red, are fast ilow ers of their smells; so that you may walk by a whole row of them,...

...character of a trance or vision." " 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 15, page 495, line 39. JVor...

...me to the words of Bacon, when I carelessly pulled a handful; and 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 in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit...

...me to the words of Bacon, when I carelessly pulled a handful; and 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 in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit...

...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."—LOKD BACON'S Essay on Gardens. Note 16, page 56, line 8. was warmly...

...directions how to have " ver perpetuum" in gardens, and with the ardour of a true florist, remarks—" And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in...flowers and plants that do best perfume the air." Gray's Inn Gardens are still much frequented, and the elms that Bacon planted afford a refreshing shade....