 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
 | William Russell - English language - 1856 - 240 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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures7 thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be 1 As one would. At pleasure ; uurestrained. * Unpleasing. Unpleasant; distasteful.... | |
 | Manchester papers - 1856 - 346 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... | |
 | Manchester papers - 1856 - 344 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 trath (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures7 thereof below j but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be 1 As one would. At pleasure ; unrestrained. 2 Unpleasing. Unpleasant; distasteful.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 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,... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 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,... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1860 - 544 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 TAKINGS AND LEAVINGS. 329 Truth (a hill not to he commanded, and where the air is always clear and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
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