 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...  Mississippi Valley Medical Monthly - Page 5041886Full view - About this book
 | Edward STORROW - 1856 - 122 pages
...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 of truth — a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always calm and serene... | |
 | Psychiatry - 1857 - 652 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 pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always ealm and serene,)... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures7 thereof below j but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be 1 As one would. At pleasure ; unrestrained. 2 Unpleasing. Unpleasant; distasteful.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 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 pleasure...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, Richard Whately - Philosophy - 1858 - 620 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 be 1 As one would. At pleasure ; unrestrained. 3 Unpleasing. Unpleasant; distasteful.... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 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...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,... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1860 - 544 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...comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of TAKINGS AND LEAVINGS. 329 Truth (a hill not to he commanded, and where the air is always clear and... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1860 - 720 pages
...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 is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth — (a bill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene}... | |
 | Charles Woodruff Shields - Philosophy and religion - 1861 - 108 pages
...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 on the vantage-ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 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 pleasure...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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