 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 - 1860 - 480 sivua
...the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior to the rest,1 saith yet excellently well : It is a pleasure to stand...ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in tfie window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is... | |
 | Charles Woodruff Shields - 1861 - 108 sivua
...is a pleasure," says a master of ancient, as quoted by the master of modern philosophy, "to stand on the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a...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, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 sivua
...he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet,5 that beautified the sect,6 that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet...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 adventures7... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 586 sivua
...face of the matter, or chaos, then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he brcatheth 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 sivua
...that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well : ' H is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see...the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventuret thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 sivua
...great poem, with valuable notes, and sayg: "It is a fact no less remarkable than trne, that the inwas otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently...ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in ductive method of Bacon, part of the sublime physics of Newton, and various of the chemical discoveries... | |
 | George Herbert West - 1867 - 52 sivua
...philosophy quotes as follows one of the last great philosophers of the ancient introductory, world : " The poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise...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... | |
 | George Herbert West - 1867 - 60 sivua
...philosophy quotes as follows one of the last great philosophers of the ancient Introductory, world : " The poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise...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 - 1868 - 786 sivua
...the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet,5 that beautified the sect,' that was otherwise inferior...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 adventures7... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1870 - 88 sivua
...the 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 in the window of a castle, and to 44 see a battle and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon... | |
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