John Evelyn
John Evelyn
John Evelyn, FRSwas an English writer, gardener and diarist...
friendship golden hearts thread ties
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all hearts of all the world.
food nuts earth
Here we supped . . ., having amongst other dainties, a dish of truffles, an earth nut found by an hogg trained to it.
death flower blessed
Our blessed Savior chose the Garden for his Oratory, and dying, for the place of his Sepulchre; and we do avouch for many weighty causes, that there are none more fit to bury our dead in than in our Gardens and Groves, where our Beds may be decked with verdant and fragrant flowers, Trees and Perennial Plants, the most natural and instructive Hieroglyphics of our expected Resurrection and Immortality.
knights romance gentleman
This knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.
friendship real heart
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.
time work years
The gardener's work is never at at end; it begins with the year, and continues to the next: he prepares the ground, and then he sows it; after that he plants, and then he gathers the fruits...
nuts delicacy able
Chestnuts are delicacies for princes and a lusty and masculine food for rusticks, and able to make women well-complexioned.
confused men roots
I am utterly against those confused Olios, into which men put almost all kinds of meats and Roots.
cheating garden quality
Mulberry Garden, now the only place of refreshment about the town for persons of the best quality to be exceeding cheated at.