 | 1917 - 434 pages
...correct, will never set him on fire. Then turn to the accidental translation in Bacon's Essay on Truth : ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea ; A pleasure to stand in the window of a Castle, and to see a Battaile, and the Adventures... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 588 pages
...earth, to have a man's mind move in Charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon, the poles of TRUTH. It is a pleasure, to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed on the sea : a pleasure, to ttarid at the window of a castle, and to sec a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 586 pages
...earth, to have a man's mind move in Charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of TRUTH. It is a pleasure, to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed on the sea : a pleasure, to •tand at the window of a castle, and to sec a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...face of his chosen. The Poet* that beautified the sectf which Was otherwise inferior to the rest, says yet excellently well : " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window^ of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well,...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...poet who beautified the sect of philosophers, which was otherwise less noble than the rest, yet said excellently well : — " It is a pleasure to stand...see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand at the window of a castle and to watch a battle, with the adventure thereof below ; but no pleasure... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well,...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and " to see ships tost upon the sea : a pleasure to " stand in the window of a castle, and to see a " battle, and the... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well :...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and •' to see ships tost upon the sea : a pleasure to stand " in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and " the... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...rest, saith yet excellently well, " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships toss'd upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventares thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well,...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships toss'd upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
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It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground... 
