 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 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 bo 1 As one would. At pleasure ; unrettrained. * Unpleasing. Unpleasant ; distasteftd. ' How dnres... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...is a pleasured 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 (events, vicissitudes) thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground... | |
 | 1869 - 100 pages
...mony lengthen'd sage advices The husband frae the wife despises" — And, as my lord Bacon saith, " No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth," I am compelled to acknowledge that Tarn seems to have disregarded these gentle warnings, and delicate... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1860 - 900 pages
...window of acaetie and t> see a battio and th adventures thereof below ; but no pleasure is con parable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a...the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in die vale below ; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride." A*, the... | |
 | Religion - 1974 - 212 pages
...certainty it can have. Mo pleasure is comp'ar'abk lA (h? 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 error and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below. 17. As long as we are not ever ready... | |
 | Henry Laurens - 1968 - 698 pages
...EXTRACTS from the Proceedings of the High Court of Vice-Admiralty in Charlestown, South-Carolina, &c. "No Pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the...commanded, and where the Air is always clear and serene." Lord BACON.T "What are usually called Libels undoubtedly keep great men in Awe, and are some Check... | |
 | Colin Burrows - Science - 1990 - 580 pages
...vegetation change. ' . . . no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of Truth . . . and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below.' Francis Bacon, Essays: Of Truth, 1625 Preface This book is about ideas on the nature and causes of... | |
 | Colin Burrows - Science - 1990 - 580 pages
...vegetation change. ' . . . no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of Truth . . . and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below.' Francis Bacon, Essays: Of Truth, 1625 Preface This book is about ideas on the nature and causes of... | |
 | Henry Laurens - South Carolina - 1968 - 742 pages
...his own Breast tranquil; a Blunder, not his own, has afforded an opportunity for a display of Wisdom '"No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth." Francis Bacon, "Of Truth," The Works of Francv, Bacon, Spedding, Ellis, & Heath, eds. (14 vols.: London,... | |
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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... 
