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 - 1883 - 236 sivua
...soul."— Genesis ii. 7, 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...well: " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, anil to see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 sivua
...of His chosen. The poet," that beautified the sect ' that was otherwise inferior to the rest, snith yet excellently well : " It is a pleasure to stand...see ships tossed upon the sea : a pleasure to stand l Wine of Demon» (Auguntine). ' Lucretius. in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures... | |
| Robert Faulding Wheeler - 1883 - 84 sivua
...the face of 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...that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet exceedingly well, ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea... | |
| C. Rühle - 1884 - 204 sivua
...; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautifled the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest,...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 sivua
...he deprived them of the characteristics of Divinity, either as creators or preservers of the world. pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships...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),... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 sivua
...deprived them of the characteristics of Divinity, either as creators or preservers •if the world. pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships...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),... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1884 - 468 sivua
...he deprived them of the characteristics of Divinity, either as creators or preservers of the world. pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships...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),... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 sivua
...the face of man : and still He breatheth and inspireth light into the face of His chosen. The poet, 3 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 the battle, and the adventures... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 sivua
...the face of the matter or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of man, and still he breatheth 's side, upon his little stool. Bob tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in a window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
| John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 sivua
...rest,7 saith yet excellently well, " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to sea ships tost 8 upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of...no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground 9 of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene),... | |
| |