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| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...•' 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...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 - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...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 u ground of truth, a hill not to be commanded, and " where the air is always clear and serene : and... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventares 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), and to see the errors,... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...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 adventures thereof below: but no pleasure...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,... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventares 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), and to see the errors,... | |
| Industrial arts - 1824 - 726 pages
...see ships tossed upon the sea ,- a pica Mire to stand in the window of a castle and to soc a battle j 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,... | |
| Industrial arts - 1824 - 512 pages
...see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to iiund in Hie window of a cattle and tu see a bailie ; but no pleasure is comparable to- the standing upon the 'vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and .wliere Ihe air is always clear and serene), and to tee the errors,... | |
| George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 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...to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth, a hill not to be commanded, and xvhere the air is always clear and serene : ' and to see the errors,... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 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 - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 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,... | |
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