 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 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... | |
 | Charles Rockwell - 1842 - 446 pages
...ROCKWELL, LATE OP THE UNITED STATES NAVY. ''• iV: ' : "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... | |
 | William Goodman - 1843 - 342 pages
...he had but a poor knowledge of sea affairs. He 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 in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it, as if chance were fitter... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 340 pages
...he had but a poor knowledge of sea affairs. He 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 in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it, as if chance were fitter... | |
 | William Goodman - 1847 - 336 pages
...he had but a poor knowledge of sea affairs. He 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 iu land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it, as if chance were... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 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 inland travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it; as if chance were... | |
 | Queen's University of Belfast - 1852 - 306 pages
...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, for the most part they omit it; as if chance were fitter... | |
 | James Redfoord Bulwer - 1853 - 72 pages
...DRESSED FOR THE GLACIER. EXTRACTS MY JOURNAL. M.DCCC.LII. " 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 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... | |
 | 1854 - 942 pages
...who went before them, or were very much the travellers of whom Bacon complains, that " made diaries in sea-voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea ; but in land-travel, wherein so much is to be observed, omitted it for the most part." Kecent explorers... | |
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