 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...  Manchester papers - Sivu 96tekijä(t) Manchester papers - 1856Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 390 sivua
...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 sivua
...Its a pleasure to stand upon the shore and see ships tost upon the sea: — a pleasure to stand, on the window of a castle and to see a battle, and the...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... | |
 | 1917 - 434 sivua
...correct, will never set him on fire. Then turn to the accidental translation in Bacon's Essay on Truth : ' It 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 Battaile, and the Adventures... | |
 | CHARLES MAYO, L.L.B - 1804 - 586 sivua
...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 vantage ground of truth; and to see the errors and wanderings, and mists and " tempests in the vale below." •'—No period... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 588 sivua
...earth, to have a man's mind move in Charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon, the poles of TRUTH. It is a pleasure, to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed on the sea : a pleasure, to ttarid at the window of a castle, and to sec a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 586 sivua
...earth, to have a man's mind move in Charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of TRUTH. It is a pleasure, to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed on the sea : a pleasure, to •tand at the window of a castle, and to sec a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 sivua
...Poet* that beautified the sectf which Was otherwise inferior to the rest, says yet excellently well : " It 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 adventures... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 sivua
...poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well, " It 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 adventures... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 sivua
...sect of philosophers, which was otherwise less noble than the rest, yet said excellently well : — " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to 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
...poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well, " It 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... | |
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