 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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1882 - 214 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 air, is the violet; especially... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 pages
...damask and red, are fast flowers* of their smells; so that you may walk by a whole row of them, nnd find nothing of their sweetness; yea, though it be...white double violet, which comes twice a year, about middle of April, and about Bartholomew tide. Next to that is the musk-rose; then the strawberry leaves... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 830 pages
...the tmell of geranium. ' The rankest compound of villanous smell that ever offended nostril' SAo*. The sweetest smell in the air is the violet, especially...the white double violet, which comes twice a year. Saefn. SYN. Scent, odour, perfume, fragrance. Smeller (smel'er), n. 1. One who smells, or perceives... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1884 - 474 pages
...damask and red, are fast flowers l of their smell, so that 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 Bartholomewtide. Next to that is the musk-rose ; then the strawberry leaves dying, with a most excellent... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1884 - 468 pages
...damask and red, are fast flowers1 of their smell, so that 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 Bartholomewtide. Next to that is the musk-rose ; then the strawberry leaves dying, with a most excellent... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...damask and red, are fast flowers J of their smell, so that 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 Bartholomewtide. Next to that is the musk-rose ; then the strawberry leaves dying, with a most excellent... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells ; 4 so that you may walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness, yea, though it be...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 - Essays - 1884 - 722 pages
...walk by a whole row of them, and find nothing of their sweetness, yea," though it be in a mornings dew. Bays, likewise, yield no smell as they grow,...especially the white double violet, which comes twice a-year — about the middle of April, and about Bartholomew-tide. Next to that is the mtuk rose ; then... | |
 | 1885 - 626 pages
...fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. * * * That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air is the violet. (Ess.) Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets. ( Tw. N.... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1886 - 480 pages
...fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air. . . . That which above all others yields the sweetest smell...twice a year, about the middle of April, and about Bartholomew-tide ; next to that is the Musk-rose." These (it is probable) were the "violets, dim, But... | |
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