 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...  Philosophical works - Page 261by Francis Bacon - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 pages
...soul."— Genesis ii. 7, then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and iuspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet * that...well: " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, anil to see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pages
...of His chosen. The poet," that beautified the sect ' that was otherwise inferior to the rest, snith yet excellently well : " It is a pleasure to stand...see ships tossed upon the sea : a pleasure to stand l Wine of Demon» (Auguntine). ' Lucretius. in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures... | |
 | Robert Faulding Wheeler - 1883 - 84 pages
...the face of matter or chaos ; then He breathed light into the face of man ; and still He breatheth and inspireth light into the face of His chosen. The...that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet exceedingly well, ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea... | |
 | C. Rühle - 1884 - 204 pages
...; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautifled the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest,...no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth, and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests in the vale... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...he deprived them of the characteristics of Divinity, either as creators or preservers of the world. pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships...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),... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 pages
...deprived them of the characteristics of Divinity, either as creators or preservers •if the world. pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships...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),... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 468 pages
...he deprived them of the characteristics of Divinity, either as creators or preservers of the world. pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships...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),... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...the face of man : and still He breatheth and inspireth light into the face of His chosen. The poet, 3 that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior...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 the battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...the face of the matter or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of man, and still he breatheth 's side, upon his little stool. Bob tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in a window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 pages
...rest,7 saith yet excellently well, " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to sea ships tost 8 upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of...no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground 9 of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene),... | |
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