 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
 | Manchester papers - 1856 - 344 pages
...WG BARRETT. ON CIRCUIT. BY ALBANY FONBLANQUE. " 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 hattle and the adventures thereof below, — but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...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 hattle, and the adventures thereof helow ; hut no pleasure is comparahle to the standing upon the vantage... | |
 | 1857 - 652 pages
...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...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 ealm and serene,)... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...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 thereof below j but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 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,... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1858 - 698 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...the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventurers thereof, below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1858 - 620 pages
...upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures7 thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the...standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be 1 As one would. At pleasure ; unrestrained. 3 Unpleasing. Unpleasant; distasteful. ' How... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 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 vantageground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene),... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...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...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,... | |
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