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
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...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...to see " the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tem" pests, in the vale below :" so always that this prospest be with pity, and not with swelling or... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...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...to see " the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tem" pests, in the vale below:" so always that this prospest be with pity, and not. with swelling or... | |
| Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...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...to see " the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tem" pests, in the vale below:" so always that this prospest be with pity, and not with swelling or... | |
| George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 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...vantage ground of truth, a hill not to be commanded, and xvhere the air is always clear and serene : ' and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1830 - 464 pages
...upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle anil to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the...wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below." — BACON. • WATKINS AND HILL'S SELF-REGULATING RAIN-GAUGEA VOL. X. 34 SELF-REGULATING RAIN GAUGE.... | |
| Baptists - 1833 - 744 pages
...to see a battle and the adventures thereof, below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded,...below, so always that this prospect be with pity, and not^with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth " to have a man's mind move in charity,... | |
| 596 pages
...upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of of a castle, to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the...where the air is always clear and serene), and to see errors and wanderings, and mists ana ten, pests, in the vale below ; ' so always that this prospect... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 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...hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always eleur and serene,) and to see tb.2 errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests in the vale below... | |
| Medicine - 1836 - 554 pages
...upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the windows of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the...commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) anil to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests in the vale below:' so always that... | |
| Basil Montagu - Fore-edged painting - 1837 - 400 pages
...prophetic faith of two or three solitary individuals." XII. Having surmounted all difficulties, he stands upon the vantage ground of truth, a hill not to be commanded, and however laborious the ascent may have been, when the serenity and fair prospect is a grateful reward.... | |
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