 | John Feltham - 1799 - 146 pages
...alter them for the better, what shall be the end ? in. It is a strange thing, that in sea-voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries; but in landtravel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it. As if chance were fitter... | |
 | Sir Henry Ellis - China - 1818 - 838 pages
...COMMISSIONER OF THE EMBASSY. It U a strange thing, that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen bat sky and sea, men should make diaries ; but in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, fur the most part they omit it . as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation : let DIARIES... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...else young men shall go hooded, and look abroad little. It is a strange thing, that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries ; but in landtravel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it : as if chance were fitter... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...else young men shall go hooded, and look abroad little. It is a strange thing, that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries ; but in landtravel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it : as if chance were fitter... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...does not apply to his case. Lord Verulam indeed says that " it is a strange thing that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make1 diaries : but in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...else young men shall go hooded, and look abroad little. It is a strange thing, that in sea-voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries ; but in land-travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the' most part they omit it ; as if chance were... | |
 | Henry Matthews - 1822 - 328 pages
...please the wind to change. I remember Lord Bacon says, " 'Tis a strange thing, that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries." But it is a stranger thing to me the Viscount of St. Alban's should not perceive, that where there is nothing... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...customs and contrivances, can abundantly supply. Bacon says, " It is a strange thing that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries, but m land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it, as if chance were... | |
 | Christianity - 1822 - 768 pages
...a strange thing, says Lord Bacon, that in sea voyages, where nothing is to be seen but sea and sky, men should make diaries, but in land travel, wherein so much is to be seen, they omit it : as if chance were fitter to be registered than observatioDLet diaries, therefore,... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - English language - 1825 - 372 pages
...(See DIEs, p. 10.) An account of the transactions and observations of every day. " In sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men jnake diaries; but, in land-travel, wherein so much is observed, they too frequently omit it." Bacon.... | |
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It is a strange thing that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries ; but in land-travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it, as if chance were fitter to be registered than... 
