 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...  The Essays of Francis Bacon - Page 69by Francis Bacon - 1901 - 273 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...seek, what exercises or discipline the place yieldeth; for 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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...seek, what exercises or discipline the place yieldeth ; for else young men shall go hooded, and look abroad little. It is a strange thing, that, in sea voyages, where there it nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries ; but in land travel, wherein so much... | |
 | George Pinckard - Barbados - 1816 - 586 pages
...Physician to the Bloouisbury Dispensary, The London Female Penitentiary, &c. IN TWO VOLUMES. ,. . VOL. II. It Is a strange thing, that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be scene but' sky and sea, men shou'd make diaries ; but in land truiiaiie, wherin so much is to bee absented, for tiie most part... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...seek, what exercises or discipline the place yieldeth. For 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,... | |
 | Sir Henry Ellis - China - 1818 - 408 pages
...OBSERVATIONS UPON THE FACE OF THE COUNTRY, THE POLITY, MORAL CHARACTER, AND MANNERS, OF THE CHINESE NATION. 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,... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...it. The motto which he quotes from Bacon 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,... | |
 | Sir Henry Ellis - China - 1818 - 838 pages
...THE MOUTH OF THE PEI-HO TO THE RETURN TO CANTON. BY HENRY ELLIS, THIRD COMMISSIONER OF THE EMBASSY. It is a strange thing, that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and »cs, men should make diaries ; but in land travel, wherein w much is to be observed,... | |
 | Henry Ellis - China - 1818 - 386 pages
...THE MOUTH OF THE PEI-HO TO THE RETURN TO CANTON. BY HENRY ELLIS, THIRD COMMISSIONER OF THE EMBASSY. It is a strange thing, that in sea voyages, where there is noihing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries ; but in land travel, wherein so much is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...seek, what exercises or discipline the place yieldeth; for 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,... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...seek, what exercises or discipline the place yieldeth ; for 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,... | |
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