 | James Anderson - 1792 - 390 Seiten
...The personalities it contains, art Ur tem wlut , READING MEMORANDUMS. * * - ' • ' . .For i..-i Bee. No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (an hill not to be comjnanded, and where the air is always -clear and sejene,) and to see the errors,... | |
 | 1801 - 446 Seiten
...the sea: — a pleasure to stand, on 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 error and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below." So always that this prospect be... | |
 | 1917 - 434 Seiten
...the sea ; A pleasure to stand in the window of a Castle, and to see a Battaile, 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 Ayre is alwaies cleare and serene,) and to see the Errours,... | |
 | CHARLES MAYO, L.L.B - 1804 - 586 Seiten
...liberties unimpaired to posterity.* " Hor. Carm. 3. a. * It is observed by a writer of high repute, " that no pleasure is comparable to the standing " upon the...wanderings, and mists and " tempests in the vale below." •'—No period of history ever afforded so great a variety of such objects to engage the attention... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 Seiten
...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 :" (an hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene :) and to see the errors,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...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,) and to see the errors and... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 Seiten
...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 wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below." The true Christian goes farther than the pagan poet. He sees his brother wandering and yearns to help... | |
 | Thomas Cochrane Earl of Dundonald - 1815 - 188 Seiten
...LETTER TO LORD ELLENBOROUGH F ROM LORD COCHRANE. Irr " LETTER TO LORD ELLENBOROUGH FKQM LORD ^COCHRANE. No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth. Baam Lord Verulam. If JUDGES act wrong, their proceedings ought to be published. — • If the PRESS... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 Seiten
...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 (an hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene)... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 Seiten
...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 (an hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene)... | |
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... (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. 
