 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 - Página 261por Francis Bacon - 1854Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1821 - 416 páginas
...; and still he breatheth and inspircth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beantified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest,...pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships toss'd upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventares... | |
 | 1822 - 690 páginas
...humanity. " It is a pleasure," says Lucretius by the mouth of Lord Bacon, " to stand upon the sea-shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to...see a battle and the adventures thereof below;" but nothing, in my mind, can equal the joy of him, who being solitary and comfortless, hears the roar of... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 páginas
...face of the 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...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... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1830 - 464 páginas
...Flwt-atteet. MUSEUM, REGISTER, JOURNAL, AND GAZETTE. No. 262.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1828. [ Price 3d. " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see...sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle anil to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing... | |
 | 1833 - 310 páginas
...condemn them as counterfeit, or cast them aside without examination? PASCAL. IT is a pleasure to stand on the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ;...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... | |
 | 1833 - 744 páginas
...the following striking passage from the first £ssay on Truth : — " It is a pleasure to stand on the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea :...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... | |
 | 596 páginas
...disorder, are not so capable of calculation as once they might have been. THE VANTAGE GEOUND OF TRUTH. THE poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise...' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to sec a ship tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of of a castle, to see a battle,... | |
 | John Greene - 1834 - 400 páginas
...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: a...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... | |
 | 1835 - 334 páginas
...face of man ; and still ho broatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. Lucretius, who beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to...well, " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle,... | |
 | 1836 - 554 páginas
...matter, or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspire.! h light into the face of his chosen. The poet* that...ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the windows of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable... | |
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