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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... "
The English Enchiridion; Being a Selection of Apothegms, Moral Maxims, Etc - Page 62
by John Feltham - 1799
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 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 fitter...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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...
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China: Comprising a ...

Henry Ellis - 1817 - 570 pages
...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...
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China, Volume 2

Sir Henry Ellis - 1818 - 408 pages
...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, for the most part they omit it ; as if chance were...
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 11

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...
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China ..., Volume 1

Henry Ellis - 1818 - 386 pages
...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 to be observed, for the most part they omit it ; as if chance were...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 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 fitter...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 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 fitter...
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The diary of an invalid, the journal of a tour in Portugal, Italy ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Englishman's library [ed. by E. H. L.].

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...
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