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" 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 11
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819
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Class book of prose: consisting of selections from distinguished English and ...

Class book of prose: consisting of selections from distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - 1845 - 372 pages
...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: (an hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene...
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Bacon: his writings, and his philosophy

Bacon: his writings, and his philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846
...the adventures thereof below ; but 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 serenej — and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests in the vale below :' so...
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Bacon: his writings, and his philosophy

Bacon: his writings, and his philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846
...vantage-ground of truth—(a hill not to he • -mmanded, and where the air is always clear and serene.)— aad to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, -and tempests in the vale helow :' so always that this prospect he with pity, .ml not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is...
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Present condition and future prospects of the country in reference to free ...

Present condition and future prospects of the country in reference to free ...

F. C, Present condition - 1846
...reformation." " No pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of trufi*; and to «ee the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests in the vale below." LONDON: FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON, BACON. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE. 1846. Price One...
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Bacon: his writings, and his philosophy

Bacon: his writings, and his philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1846
...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 truth— (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene}...
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The Eclectic Review

The Eclectic Review, Volume 22; Volume 86

William Hendry Stowell - Literary Criticism - 1847
...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...prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.' It is not as literary athlete that we contend in the educational nrena. We have no secular interests...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1847
...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...prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.' It is not as literary athlete that we contend in the educational arena. We have no secular interests...
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The claims of the gospel on the young

The claims of the gospel on the young

Joel Parker - 1847
...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, in the vale below." The comparison is a beautiful one ; yet, I confess, it seems to me to be incomplete. It needs a crowning...
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The Western Miscellany

The Western Miscellany, Volume 1

1778
...battle, and the adventures thereof below ; • •. n<i fleai-ure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth — a hill not to be commanded,...always clear and serene — and to see the errors, the wanderings, the mists, and tempests, in the vale below ; always that this prospect be with pity,...
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Nasology: Or, Hints Towards a Classification of Noses

Nasology: Or, Hints Towards a Classification of Noses

George Jabet - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1848 - 263 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 vantage ground of Truth, and to see the errors and wanderings, and mists and tempests in the sea below ;'f so * New Atlantis....
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