 Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness; yea, though it be in a morning's dew. Bays, likewise, yield no smell as they grow, rosemary little, nor sweet marjoram;...  The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 214by Francis Bacon - 1815Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...1638. i2mo. pp. 294-5 above all others, yields the Sweeteft Smell in the Air, is the Violet, fpecially the White double Violet, which comes twice a Year, about the middle of April, and about Bartholomew-tide, Next to that is the Mufk Rofe ; then the StrawberryLeaves dying,7 with a moft excellent... | |
 | Religion - 1857 - 830 pages
...damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells, so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness ; yea, though it be in a morning's dew. Bays, likewise, yield»no smell as they grow, rosemary little, nor sweet marjoram ; that which, above all others, yields... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1858 - 792 pages
...damask and red5, are fast flowers of their smells; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness ; yea though it be...no smell as they grow. Rosemary little ; nor sweet majoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air6, is the violet, specially... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...damask and red*, are fast flowers of their smells; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness; yea though it be...no smell as they grow. Rosemary little ; nor sweet majoram. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air6, is the violet, specially... | |
 | 1858 - 878 pages
...anemones and tulips blossom; and how "roses damask and red are fast flowers of their smells ;" but " that which, above all others, yields the sweetest...especially the white double violet, which comes twice a-year — about the middle of April, and about Bartholomew-tide ;" — like Frederic of Prussia, turning... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...damask and red,2 are fast flowers of their smells ; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness ; yea though it be...above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air,8 is the violet, specially the white double violet, which comes twice a year ; about the middle... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1861 - 348 pages
...refreshment to the spirits of man." How fondly he dwells upon the allurements of the garden: "that flower which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air is the violet. Next to that is the musk-rose, then the strawberry -leaves, dying with a most excellent cordial smell.... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells, so t• iiaf you may walk by a whole row of them and find nothing of their sweetness ; yea, though it be...twice a year, about the middle of April and about Bartholomew-tide ; next to that is the musk rose, then the strawberry leaves dying with a most excellent... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...their smell ; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness, yea,2 though it be in a morning's dew. Bays, likewise, yield...especially the white double violet, which comes twice a-year — about the middle of April, and about Bartholomew-tide. Next to that is the musk rose ; then... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells ; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness ; yea, though it be...a morning's dew. Bays, likewise, yield no smell as [15] they grow, rosemary little, nor sweet majoram ; that which, above all others, yields the sweetest... | |
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