 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1906 - 598 pages
...knowledge and the advantages of research, has said, " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to sec ships tost 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 on the vantage ground of truth... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand ÍD the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below ; hut no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...rest, saith yet excellently well : " 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 of... | |
 | William M'Combie - 1839 - 264 pages
...and revealing thought is unquestionably one of the brightest in the life of man. " ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon...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 of... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...rest, saith yet excellently well : 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 of... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 pages
...is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand irr 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 of... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...saith yet excellently well : — " 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 of... | |
 | 1867 - 396 pages
...mists and temand philosopher, saith, "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 • A Sermon preached by the Eev. JH Lummis, of Swadlincote, at the Autumnal Conference of ,h« Midland... | |
 | 1844 - 276 pages
...lie. — Truth without Prejudice. 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 standing upon the vantage ground of truth,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...The poet saith excellently well : " 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...no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth: (an hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene... | |
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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 of... 
