 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
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...and to fee a Battle, and the Adventures thereof below : but no Pleafure is comparable to thejianding upon the vantage Ground of Truth ; (A Hill not to be commanded, and where the Air is always clear and ferene) and to fee the Errors, and Wanderings, and Mifts, and Tempejis,... | |
 | 1857 - 652 pages
...that beautified the sect f that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith 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, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...that beautified the sect,6 that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith 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 adventures7... | |
 | Titus Lucretius Carus - 1970 - 918 pages
...poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith 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... | |
 | 1860 - 900 pages
...window of acaetie and t> see a battio and th adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is con parable to the standing upon the vantage 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 in... | |
 | 1909 - 378 pages
...that beautified the sect7 that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well : It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships...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 in... | |
 | Henry Laurens - 1968 - 698 pages
...EXTRACTS from the Proceedings of the High Court of Vice-Admiralty in Charlestown, South-Carolina, &c. "No Pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the...Ground of Truth: A Hill not to be commanded, and where the Air is always clear and serene." Lord BACON.T "What are usually called Libels undoubtedly keep... | |
 | Henry Laurens - 1968 - 742 pages
...his own Breast tranquil; a Blunder, not his own, has afforded an opportunity for a display of Wisdom '"No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth." Francis Bacon, "Of Truth," The Works of Francv, Bacon, Spedding, Ellis, & Heath, eds. (14 vols.: London,... | |
 | John Bryant - 1993 - 331 pages
...self and truth. An image borrowed from Montaigne in Bacon's discussion "Of Truth" reveals the problem: [N]o pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the...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... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...MARGARET ATWOOD, (b. 1939) Canadian novelist, poet, critic. "True Stories," True Stories (1981). 6 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 ... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and... | |
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