 The poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well : // 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...  The English Familiar Essay: Representative Texts - Page 31edited by - 1916 - 471 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...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... | |
 | David Thomas - 458 pages
...Bacon, paraphrasing the language of Lucretius, has said, " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand...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... | |
 | David Thomas - 468 pages
...VAIN BABBLINGS : FOR THEY WILL INCREASE UNTO MORE UNGODLINESS." " It is a pleasure," says Bacon, " to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon...the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventurers thereof, below ; but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth... | |
 | 1868 - 756 pages
...is a pleasure," says 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...see a battle and the adventures thereof below ;" but nothing in our poor mind can equal the joy of him, who being solitary and comfortless, hears the roar... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 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 tossed upon the sea; apleasure to stand in thewindow of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below... | |
 | mrs. Robert Cartwright - 1854 - 318 pages
...who do seek them possess the independence I wish rather to meet with, than to confer." CHAPTEE XI. 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... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 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...a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures of it below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth, and to... | |
 | Manchester papers - 1856 - 346 pages
...LAYNE. NATIONAL AND RATIONAL RECREATIONS. BY THE REV. WG BARRETT. ON CIRCUIT. BY ALBANY FONBLANQUE. " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see...to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a bill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...that beautified the sect,2 that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith 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,)... | |
 | Edward STORROW - 1856 - 122 pages
...which ever attends the consciousness of a great and glorious change. "It is a pleasure," says Bacon, " to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon...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 calm and serene... | |
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