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" ... (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. "
Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations; and ... - Page 279
1814
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The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 10

James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1792 - 390 pages
...The personalities it contains, art Ur tem wlut , READING MEMORANDUMS. * * - ' • ' . .For i..-i Bee. No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (an hill not to be comjnanded, and where the air is always -clear and sejene,) and to see the errors,...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 14

1801 - 446 pages
...the sea: — a pleasure to stand, on 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, and to see the error and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below." So always that this prospect be...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 226

1917 - 434 pages
...the sea ; A pleasure to stand in the window of a Castle, and to see a Battaile, 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 Ayre is alwaies cleare and serene,) and to see the Errours,...
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A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY

CHARLES MAYO, L.L.B - 1804 - 586 pages
...liberties unimpaired to posterity.* " Hor. Carm. 3. a. * It is observed by a writer of high repute, " that no pleasure is comparable to the standing " upon the...wanderings, and mists and " tempests in the vale below." •'—No period of history ever afforded so great a variety of such objects to engage the attention...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...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 :" (an hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene :) and to see the errors,...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...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 clear and serene,) and to see the errors and...
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The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. 1817 ..., Volume 24

New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...vantage-ground of truth, a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene, and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below." The true Christian goes farther than the pagan poet. He sees his brother wandering and yearns to help...
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A Letter to Lord Ellenborough from Lord Cochrane

Thomas Cochrane Earl of Dundonald - English letters - 1815 - 188 pages
...LETTER TO LORD ELLENBOROUGH F ROM LORD COCHRANE. Irr " LETTER TO LORD ELLENBOROUGH FKQM LORD ^COCHRANE. No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth. Baam Lord Verulam. If JUDGES act wrong, their proceedings ought to be published. — • If the PRESS...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...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 (an hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene)...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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 (an hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene)...
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