 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
 | 1867 - 396 pages
...wanderings and mists and temand philosopher, saith, "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 • A Sermon preached by the Eev. JH Lummis, of Swadlincote, at the Autumnal Conference of ,h« Midland... | |
 | 1844 - 274 pages
...than a direct lie. — Truth without Prejudice. IT is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in...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
...his chosen. The poet saith excellently well : " 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 adventure thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth:... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 pages
...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 thereof below. Bacon's EÄSÖI/ Oil Truth. Then let the former age with... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 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...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}... | |
 | Joel Parker - 1847 - 152 pages
...ancient poets, quoted by lord Bacon, has said : " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in...adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to standing on the vantage-ground of truth, and to see the errors and wanderings, and mists and tempests,... | |
 | 1847 - 796 pages
...the consciousness of maintaining the right is a richer reward than the highest literary honors. Yet ' 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 ; and to see the errors and wanderings,... | |
 | George Jabet - 1848 - 284 pages
...human nature. The poet saith excellently well : ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in...to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth, and to see the errors and wanderings, and mists and tempests in the sea below ;'f so * New Atlantis.... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 370 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...below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upsn the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and... | |
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