 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...  Mississippi Valley Medical Monthly - Page 5041886Full view - About this book
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1852 - 428 pages
...a pleasure to stand upon the shore,' says Lord Bacon,' and to watch the ships tossed upon the sea ; but 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 — and to see the errors,... | |
 | William Sharp - 1853 - 286 pages
...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...to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) and to see the errors and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; apleasure to stand in thewindow of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below : but 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),... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...and to see ships tossed upon the sea : a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a together than they have been; a conjunction like...highest planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and co a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene; and to see the errors, and... | |
 | mrs. Robert Cartwright - 1854 - 318 pages
...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 thereof below: but 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),... | |
 | Manchester papers - 1856 - 346 pages
...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...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), and to see the errors and... | |
 | William Russell - 1856 - 240 pages
...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...to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) and to see the errors,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures7 thereof below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be 1 As one would. At pleasure ; uurestrained. * Unpleasing. Unpleasant; distasteful.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...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 truth," (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,)... | |
 | Manchester papers - 1856 - 344 pages
...see ships tossed upon the sea— a 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 vantage gronnd of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to... | |
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