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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... "
Philosophical works - Página 261
por Francis Bacon - 1854
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The Works of the Rev. Robert Hall, A.M.: With a Memoir of His Life, Volumen4

Robert Hall - 1849 - 702 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 :...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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volumen1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 páginas
...and inspirelh lighl into the face his chosen. /The poel that beautified the seel, lhal was olherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well :...ships tossed upon the sea : a pleasure to stand in Ihe window of a castle, and to see a battle, and Ihe adventures ihereof below : bul no pleasure is...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 páginas
...3. What is the correlative other f 4. What is the ruminatice togusfied ' VI. DANGERS OF THE DEEP. " THE poet that beautified the sect, that was otherwise...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...
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The British Journal of Homoeopathy, Volumen9

1851 - 724 páginas
...the rest, paith yet excellently well : ' It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to gee shipg tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window...battle, and the adventures thereof below : but no plea-ure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded,...
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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D ..., Volumen2

David Thomas - 458 páginas
...Bacon, paraphrasing the language of Lucretius, has said, " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand...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...
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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D ..., Volumen6

David Thomas - 468 páginas
...VAIN BABBLINGS : FOR THEY WILL INCREASE UNTO MORE UNGODLINESS." " It is a pleasure," says Bacon, " to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon...the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventurers thereof, below ; but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 páginas
...matter, or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireih light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified...upon the 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...
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The Illustrated Magazine, Volúmenes25-26

1868 - 756 páginas
...is a pleasure," says Lucretius by the mouth of the great 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 our poor mind can equal the joy of him, who being solitary and comfortless, hears the roar...
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Ambrose the sculptor, Volumen1;Volumen232

mrs. Robert Cartwright - 1854 - 318 páginas
...with, than to confer." CHAPTEE XI. 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...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),...
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Our native land, or, Scenes and sketches from British history, by the author ...

British history - 1855 - 480 páginas
...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...
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