 | 1837 - 860 pages
...a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand ÍD the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below ; hut no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth, (a hill not to be... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea : a pleasure to stand in m a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene; and to see the errors, and... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | William M'Combie - Conduct of life - 1839 - 264 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Fashion - 1867 - 740 pages
...stand upon the sea-shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the whitlow of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below ;" but nothing in our poor mind can equal the joy of him, who being solitary and comfortless, hears the roar... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | 1867 - 396 pages
...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... | |
 | Periodicals - 1844 - 276 pages
...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 standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...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:... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...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...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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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... 
