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 of... Twenty of Bacon's essays, ed. by F. Storr - Page 2by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874Full view - About this book
| 1867 - 740 pages
...is a pleasure," aays Lucretius by the mouth of the great Lord Bacon, " to stand upon the sea-shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the whitlow of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below ;" but nothing in our poor... | |
| William M'Combie - 1839 - 264 pages
...successful and revealing thought is unquestionably one of the brightest in the life of man. " ' 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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...beautified the sect,s that was otherwise i nferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well : — " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see...ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests,... | |
| 1867 - 396 pages
...clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and temand philosopher, saith, "It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships...the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the • A Sermon preached by the Eev. JH Lummis, of Swadlincote, at the Autumnal Conference of ,h« Midland... | |
| 1844 - 276 pages
...tongue. Yet "false witness" is more often exaggeration than a direct lie. — Truth without Prejudice. IT is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see...adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet saith excellently well : " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see...the window of a castle and to see a battle, and the adventure thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth:... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 pages
...martial valour in his place Advent'ring oft his person fon the state. Daniel's Ciiil Wan, h. ¡i!. 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 » battle, and the adrcntures... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...that beautified ihe sect that was otherwise inferior to the test, siu'th yet excellently well : 'It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see...no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth— (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene}... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well : ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to >ee ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in...no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth — (a hill not to be -- commanded, and where the air is always clear and serenej... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...was otherwise inferior to the reft, »arth yet excellently well: ' It is a pleasure to stand upon roe shore, and to 'see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure, to ttand in the window of a castle and to see a hattle, and the -i 1 ! ventures thereof helow; hut no... | |
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