 | Gillian Darley - 2006 - 426 σελίδες
...the Stoics is found in submission to Reason, which is the will of God.' 49 In Francis Bacon's words: 'God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it...is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man.' 50 In the early weeks of bereavement the Sayes Court garden helped to heal the Evelyns. Routine tasks... | |
 | Adrian Tinniswood - 2007 - 604 σελίδες
...passion for the gardens at Claydon, mindful perhaps of Bacon's famous pronouncement that gardening is "the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man,...without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks."8 Even before he arrived at Claydon his instructions to Roades included the order to plant... | |
 | Ana-Stanca Tabarasi - 2007 - 516 σελίδες
...die Baumfiguren mit Spielzeug und mit Kuchen. Von dem obligatorischen Verweis aufs Paradies ausgehend („God Almighty first planted a garden. And, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures"168), bemerkt Bacon, dass schöne Gärten schwerer anzulegen seien als schöne Gebäude (sie... | |
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God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks... 
