 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...  Essays moral, economical and political - Page 11by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Freemasonry - 1864 - 408 pages
...reputation itself." Equally so the great writer from whom we have more than once quoted — Bacon — " No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.1" Better still tho sacred writer Esdras, " Great is Truth and mighty above all things." And... | |
 | William Sharp - Diseases - 1865 - 304 pages
...thereoI" below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standmg upon the vantage ground at truth, ia hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) anil to see the errors and wandermgs, and mists and tempests, m the vale below .' so always that this... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 pages
...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...prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride." And so that it be done by a Solomon of the New Atlantis, who wears " an aspect as if he pitied men."... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pages
...upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventuret thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the...the air is always clear and serene,) and to see the errort and wanderings, and mists, and tempetts, in the vale below ' ; so always that this prospect... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 586 pages
...the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantageground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the...and tempests, in the vale below ;" so always that thU prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have... | |
 | George Herbert West - Spain - 1867 - 52 pages
...adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage-ground of truth and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists,...prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.'"" If, standing on such vantage-ground, we watch the storm-tossed vessel of the state, we shall seldom... | |
 | George Herbert West - 1867 - 60 pages
...below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage-ground of truth and to see tho errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in...prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.'" a If, standing on such, vantage-ground, we watch the storm-tossed vessel of the state, we shall seldom... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 588 pages
...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 vantageground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene),... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...upon the Sea: A pleasure to stand in the window of a Castle, and to see a Battaile, and the Adventures thereof, below: But no- pleasure is comparable, to...Truth : (A hill not to be commanded, and where the Ayre is alwaies cleare and serene;) And to see the Errours, and Wandrings, and Mists, and Tempests,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 472 pages
...to stand in the window of a Castle, and to see a Battaile, and the Adventures thereof, below: But Ho pleasure is comparable, to the standing, upon the...Truth : (A hill not to be commanded, and where the Ayre is alwaies cleare and serene ;) A nd to see the Errours, and Wandrings, and Mists, and Tempests,... | |
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