| George Lillie Craik - 1860 - 720 страници
...the rest, saith yet excellently well : 'It is a pleasure to stand upon on the sea ; a ple stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle, and the the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1861 - 408 страници
...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...wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below ; " 8 so always that this prospect be the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath... | |
| Charles Woodruff Shields - 1861 - 108 страници
...modern philosophy, "to stand on 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...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 clear and... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 страници
...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...to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and temfiesrs in the vale below :' so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 страници
...is a 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...upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be i As one would. At pleamre ; mirestrained. 2 Unpleasing. Unpleasant ; distasteful. ' How dares thy... | |
| 1864 - 408 страници
...reputation itself." Equally so the great writer from whom we have more than once quoted — Bacon — " No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.1" Better still tho sacred writer Esdras, " Great is Truth and mighty above all things." And... | |
| William Sharp - 1865 - 304 страници
...thereoI" below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standmg upon the vantage ground at truth, ia hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) anil to see the errors and wandermgs, and mists and tempests, m the vale below .' so always that this... | |
| Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 страници
...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...tempests, in the vale below; "so always that this prospect he with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is heaven upcn earth to have a man's mind... | |
| Henry Coppée - 1867 - 586 страници
..."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 a castle, and to see a battle, and the...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),... | |
| George Herbert West - 1867 - 60 страници
...is a 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...below ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage-ground of truth and to see tho errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the... | |
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