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 - Seite 261von Francis Bacon - 1854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| British history - 1855 - 482 Seiten
...face of man ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet saith excellently well, ' It is a pleasure to stand upon...a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures of it below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth, and to... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 Seiten
...he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet * that beautified the sect,2 that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet...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,)... | |
| Edward STORROW - 1856 - 122 Seiten
...which ever attends the consciousness of a great and glorious change. "It is a pleasure," says Bacon, " to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon...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 calm and serene... | |
| Manchester papers - 1856 - 344 Seiten
...LAYNE. NATIONAL AND RATIONAL RECREATIONS. BY THE BEV. WG BARRETT. ON CIRCUIT. BY ALBANY FONBLANQUE. " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see...pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a hattle and the adventures thereof below, — but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 Seiten
...transposition? ' I 4. What istlie ruminatine togushedt VI. DANGERS OF THE DEEP. " THE poet that heautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest,...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 hattle, and the adventures... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 Seiten
...he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet/ 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... | |
| 1857 - 652 Seiten
...is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature The poet * that beautified the sect f 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 adventures... | |
| Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 Seiten
...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... | |
| Robert Hall - 1858 - 698 Seiten
...read the following striking passage from the first Essay, on Truth : " It is a pleasure to stand on the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea :...the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventurers thereof, below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 Seiten
...into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. jThe poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior...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),... | |
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