 | John Feltham - 1799 - 146 pages
...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...it. As if chance were fitter to be registered than observation. IV. It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...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...it; as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation: let diaries, therefore, be brought in use. The things to be seen and observed, are the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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...it ; as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation : let diaries, therefore, be brought in use. The things to be seen and observed are the... | |
 | Henry Ellis - Political Science - 1817 - 570 pages
...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...it; as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation : let diaries therefore be brought in use. L0RD BAC0N. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY,... | |
 | Sir Henry Ellis - China - 1818 - 408 pages
...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...it ; as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation : let diaries therefore be brought in use. , LORD BACOX. PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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...it : as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation. Let diaries therefore be brought in use. The things to be seen and observed, are the courts... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...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...it : as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation. Let diaries therefore be brought in use. The things to be seen and observed, are the courts... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...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 it ; ns if chance were fitter to be registered than observation : let diaries therefore be brought in... | |
 | Sir Henry Ellis - China - 1818 - 838 pages
...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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...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...it ; as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation. Let diaries therefore be brought in use. The things to be seen and observed are : the... | |
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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... 
