We adorn graves with flowers and redolent plants, just emblems of the life of man, which has been compared in the Holy Scriptures to those fading beauties whose roots, being buried in dishonor, rise again in glory.
I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played; but now the old plays begin to disgust this refined age. - John Evelyn
I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played; but now the old plays begin to disgust this refined age.
- John Evelyn
Chestnuts are delicacies for princes and a lusty and masculine food for rusticks, and able to make women well-complexioned. - John Evelyn
Chestnuts are delicacies for princes and a lusty and masculine food for rusticks, and able to make women well-complexioned.
As Paradise (though of God's own Planting) was no longer Paradise than the Man was put into it, to dress it and to keep it, so nor will our Gardens r… - John Evelyn
As Paradise (though of God's own Planting) was no longer Paradise than the Man was put into it, to dress it and to keep it, so nor will our Gardens r…
By reason of its soporigous quality, lettuce ever was, and still continues the principal foundation of the universal tribe of Sallets, which is to co… - John Evelyn
By reason of its soporigous quality, lettuce ever was, and still continues the principal foundation of the universal tribe of Sallets, which is to co…
Explore everything; keep the best - John Evelyn
Explore everything; keep the best
We adorn graves with flowers and redolent plants, just emblems of the life of man, which has been compared in the Holy Scriptures to those fading bea… - John Evelyn
We adorn graves with flowers and redolent plants, just emblems of the life of man, which has been compared in the Holy Scriptures to those fading bea…
The Hellish and dismal cloud of...Coal...perpetually imminent over (London) ...that her inhabitants breathe nothing but impure and thick mist...corru… - John Evelyn
The Hellish and dismal cloud of...Coal...perpetually imminent over (London) ...that her inhabitants breathe nothing but impure and thick mist...corru…
Gardening is a labour full of tranquility and satisfaction; natural and instructive, and as such contributes to the most serious contemplation, exper… - John Evelyn
Gardening is a labour full of tranquility and satisfaction; natural and instructive, and as such contributes to the most serious contemplation, exper…
A gardener's work is never at an end; it begins with the year and continues to the next. - John Evelyn
A gardener's work is never at an end; it begins with the year and continues to the next.
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