 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 Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 102edited by - 1792Full view - About this book
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1830 - 464 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | 596 pages
...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 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 errors and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...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 eleur and serene,) and to see tb.2 errors,... | |
 | Christian life - 1835 - 334 pages
...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,) and to see the errors,... | |
 | Caleb Ticknor - Conduct of life - 1836 - 360 pages
...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,) and to see the errors,... | |
 | Medicine - 1836 - 554 pages
...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 standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) anil to see the errors,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...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; and to see the errors, and... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...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), and to see the errors,... | |
 | William M'Combie - Conduct of life - 1839 - 264 pages
...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, and to see the errors, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...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), and to see the errors,... | |
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