 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
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - 1870 - 396 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 adventures... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 sivua
...otherwise inferior to the rest,4 saith yet excellently well, It is a pleasure to stand upon the shorc, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure...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],... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 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...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),... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 sivua
...still He breathcth and inspireth light into tho face of His chosen. The poet,2 that beautified tho make yourselves, that made ug so, less tho lovers,...formal, and slavish, as ye found us ; but you then Wine of Demons (Auguatine). ' The Epicurema. Lucretius. in the window of a castle and to see a battle... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 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...inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well, ft is a pleasure to stand upon the 50 shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand... | |
 | Charles Woodruff Shields - 1877 - 626 sivua
...philosophy utters forth in the name of the seers and sages of all time : " It is a pleasure 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 vantageground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,)... | |
 | Edward D. Farrell - 1877 - 228 sivua
...Miscellaneous sentences for dictation. It is a pleasure to stand on the shore, and to see ships tossed by the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle,...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 pure and serene... | |
 | Charles Woodruff Shields - 1877 - 650 sivua
...sages of all time : " It is a pleasure to stand on the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; fi pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to...below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantageground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,)... | |
 | George Gore - 1878 - 680 sivua
...ADVANTAGES OF PREVIOUS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. 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...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 calm and serene),... | |
 | George Gore - 1878 - 694 sivua
...ADVANTAGES OF PREVIOUS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. 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...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 calm and serene),... | |
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