 | John Feltham - 1799 - 146 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pagina’s
...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 is to be observed, for the most part they omit it ; as if chance were... | |
 | George Pinckard - 1816 - 586 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | Henry Ellis - 1817 - 570 pagina’s
...WHOLE antt Drafting?. BY HENRY ELLIS, THIRD C0MMISSIONER 0F THE EMBASSY. It is a strange thing, tliat 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... | |
 | Sir Henry Ellis - 1818 - 408 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pagina’s
...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...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 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
 | 1818 - 594 pagina’s
...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, for the most part they omit... | |
 | Sir Henry Ellis - 1818 - 838 pagina’s
...MOUTH OF THE PEI-HO TO THE RETURN TO CANTON. BY HENRY EJLLIS, THIRD 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... | |
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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... 
