 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...  Philosophical works - Sivu 261tekijä(t) Francis Bacon - 1854Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 sivua
...face of the matter, or chaos; then he breatheth light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The...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 adventures... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 sivua
...poet who beautified the sect of philosophers, which was otherwise less noble than the rest, yet said excellently well : — " It is a pleasure to stand...see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand at the window of a castle and to watch a battle, with the adventure thereof below ; but no pleasure... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 sivua
...face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breatheth light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 sivua
...matter or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and iuspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified...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 sivua
...matter or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and iuspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified...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.) - 1819 - 602 sivua
...face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 sivua
...the face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poct that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships toss'd upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventares... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 sivua
...face of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed light 'into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships toss'd upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | 1821 - 662 sivua
...humanity. " It is a pleasure," says Lucretius by the month of Lord Bacon, " to stand upon the sea-shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea : a pleasure...see a battle and the adventures thereof below;" but nothing, in my mind, can equal the joy of him, who being solitary and comfortless, hears the roar of... | |
 | 1821 - 656 sivua
...humanity. " It is a pleasure," says Lucretius by the mouth of Lord Bacon, " to stand upon the sea-shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea : a pleasure...see a battle and the adventures thereof below ;" but nothing, in my mind, can equal the joy of him, who being solitary and comfortless, hears the roar of... | |
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