 | John Aikin - 1799 - 348 pàgines
...for amufement, it would have been wifer to have fought out as "many fources of it as poffibl& But fo it is — one man walks through the world with his eyes open, and another with them fhut ; and upon this difference depends all the fuperiority of knowledge the one acquires above the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 236 pàgines
...Why not ? Tutor. That would have been right, if you had been of it as possible. But so it is—one man walks through the •world with his eyes open,...and upon this difference depends all the superiority oP knowledge the one acquires above the other. I have known sailors who had been in all the quarters... | |
 | John Aikin - 1819 - 500 pàgines
...That would Jaave been right if you had been sent of a message ; but as you only walked for amusement, it would have been wiser to have sought out as many...superiority of" knowledge the one acquires above the other. 1 have known sailors, who had been in all the quarters of the world, and could tell you nothing but... | |
 | John Aikin - 1823 - 168 pàgines
...That would have been right if you had been sent of a message; but as you only walked for amusement, it would have been wiser to have sought out as many sources of it as possible. But so it is—one man walks through the world with his eyes open, and another with them shut; and upon this... | |
 | Hezekiah G. Ufford - 1823 - 200 pàgines
...correctness and extent of their information. In illustration of this, "One man, (says Aikin,) passes through the world with his eyes open, and another with them shut ; and upon this difference depends the superiority of knowledge which the one acquires above the other." Obs. Attention is not generally... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 170 pàgines
...Tutor. Why not? Robert. I do not know. I did not caret about them ; and I made the best of my way home. of it as possible. But so it is — one man walks...all the superiority of knowledge the one acquires over the other. I have known Bailors who had been in all the quarters of the world, and could tell... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 164 pàgines
...That would have been right, if you had been sent on a message ; but as you only walked for amusement, it would have been wiser to have sought out as many...knowledge the one acquires above the other. I have known sailors who had been irj all the quarters of the world, and could tell you nothing but the signs of... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pàgines
...A. That would have been right had you been sent a message ; but, as you only walked for amusement, it would have been wiser to have sought out as many...knowledge the one acquires above the other. I have known sailors who had been in all the quarters of the world, and could tell you nothing but the signs of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1831 - 180 pàgines
...That would have been right, if you had been sent on a message ; hut as you only walked for amuse'ment, it would have been wiser to have sought out as many...knowledge the one acquires above the other. I have known sailors who had been in all the quarters of the world, and could tell you nothing but the signs of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1831 - 178 pàgines
...message ; but as you only walked for amusement, it would have been wiser to have sought out as many of it as possible. But so it is — one man walks...knowledge the one acquires above the other. I have known sailors who had been in all the quarters of the world, and could tell you nothing but the signs of... | |
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But so it is : one man walks through the world with his eyes open, and another with them shut ; and upon this difference depends all the superiority of knowledge the one acquires above the other. 
