 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...  The Freemason's Monthly Magazine - Page 2571864Full view - About this book
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 402 pages
...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 ; a pleasure to stand in...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,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 494 pages
...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 ; a pleasure to stand in...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,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...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 ; a pleasure to stand in...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,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1830 - 462 pages
...262.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1828. [ Price 3d. " 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 anil to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 230 pages
...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 : a pleasure to stand in...standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always eleur and serene,) and to see tb.2 errors, and wanderings,... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...or cast them aside without examination? PASCAL. IT is a pleasure to stand on the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in...below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and... | |
 | 1833 - 744 pages
...striking passage from the first £ssay on Truth : — " It is a pleasure to stand on the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea : a pleasure to stand in...below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...or cast them aside without examination? PASCAL. IT is a pleasure to stand on the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to sec a battle, and the adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the... | |
 | 596 pages
...the rest, saith yet excellently well : ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to sec a ship tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of of a castle, to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the... | |
 | John Greene - 1834 - 400 pages
...striking passage from the first Essay, on Truth:—" It is a pleasure to stand on the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in...below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and... | |
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