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" Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education ; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel. "
Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Page 90
by Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pages
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A handbook of travel-talk: a collection of dialogues and vocabularies ...

John Murray - 1851 - 312 pages
...TRAVELLERS IN GERMANY, FRANCE, OR ITALY, OR TO FOREIGNERS VISITING ENGLAND. •' He tlmt travelteth into a country before he hath some entrance into the Language, goeth to school, and not to travel." BAcoN. BY THE EDITOR OF THE HANDBOOKS FOR GERMANY, FRANCE, AND SWITZERLAND. NEW EDITION. LONDON: JOHN...
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Five Months Abroad; Or, Letters from the Ocean and the Land: Written During ...

Asa McFarland - 1851 - 196 pages
...books in the world will not relieve a traveller from the necessity of relying mainly upon himself. If " travel in the younger sort is a part of education ; in the elder, a part of experience," — surely it is a matter of importance that each class leave home in such mood as will, if preserved...
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Horæ vacivæ, a thought-book of the wise spirits of all ages and all ...

Horae - 1851 - 414 pages
...which he is to remain till the day of Judgment. — MILTON. Travel. •^^ RAVEL in the younger fort is a part of education ; in the elder a part of experience. — LORD BACON. 2. HE that travelleth a country before he hath fome entry into the language, goeth...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...taken away with the bad, which commonly is done when the people is the reformer. XVIII. OF TRAVEL. TRAVEL, in the younger sort, is a part of education...young men travel under some tutor, or grave servant,! allow well; so that he be such a one that hath the language, and hath been in the country before ;...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral ; And, Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pages
...away with the Bad ; which commonly is done, when the People is the Reformer. xviii. Of Travel. RAVEL, in the younger Sort, is a Part of Education ; in the...He that travelleth into a Country, before he hath fome Entrance into the Language, goeth to School, and not to Travel. That Young Men travel under fome...
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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 53

1852 - 510 pages
...usual, a good part of the tourists are clergymen. " Travel in the younger sort," says Lord Bacon, " is a part of education ; in the elder, a part of experience." In American clergymen, we may add, it is a part of their vocation. " In journeyings often," according...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review

1852 - 510 pages
...as usual, a good part of the tourists are clergymen. " Travel in the younger sort," says Lord Bacon, "is a part of education ; in the elder, a part of experience." In American clergymen, we may add, it is a part of their vocation. " In journeyings often," according...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...taken away with the bad ; which commonly is done when the people is the reformer. XVIII. OF TRAVEL. Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education...young men travel under some tutor, or grave servant, I allow well ; so that he be such a one that hath the language, and hath been in the country before...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...taken away with the bad : which commonly is done when the people is the physician. 26. He that goeth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel. 27. It is a miserable state of mind, and yet it is commonly the case of kings, to have few things to...
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Meister Karl's Sketch-book

Charles Godfrey Leland - 1855 - 376 pages
...in foreign nations." TIB ACT, BOY DE NAVARRE, improved. LORD BACON hath well remarked in his essays, "He that travelleth into a country, before he hath...the language, goeth to school, and not to travel." Since Bacon's time, matters have materially mended in this respect. Phrasebooks are no longer absolutely...
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