 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 Seiten
...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 vantageground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene),... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | 1860 - 544 Seiten
...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...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 - 1860 - 480 Seiten
...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in tfie window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures...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,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1860 - 720 Seiten
...the rest, saith yet excellently well : 'It is a pleasure to stand upon on the sea ; a ple stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle, and the the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure... | |
 | Charles Woodruff Shields - 1861 - 108 Seiten
...modern philosophy, "to stand on 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...below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage-ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 Seiten
...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...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.) - 1864 - 638 Seiten
...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...comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be i As one would. At pleamre ; mirestrained. 2 Unpleasing. Unpleasant ; distasteful.... | |
 | 1864 - 408 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 Seiten
...&c.' Adventures : hazards, bold performances. " Thine a the adventure, thine the victory." — Dryden. 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,... | |
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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... 
