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" ... as the place deserveth, but not long ; nay, when he stayeth in one city or town, let him change his lodging from one end and part of the town to another, which is a great adamant of acquaintance ; let him sequester himself from the company of his... "
Twenty of Bacon's essays, ed. by F. Storr - Page 15
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874
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The English journal: 1651 - 1652

Lodewijck Huygens - 1982 - 344 pages
...father which expands on Bacon's 'let him sequester himself from the company of his countrymen and diet in such places where there is good company of the nation where he travelleth', Lodewijck appears to have launched himself most energetically into the London social scene in every...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 pages
...him upon his removes4 from one place to another, procure recommendation5 to some person of quality6 residing in the place whither he removeth; that he...those things he desireth to see or know. Thus he may abridge7 his travel with much profit. As for the acquaintance which is to be sought in travel; that...
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The Essayes Or Counsels, Civill and Morall

Francis Bacon - 2000 - 470 pages
...Adamant of Acquaintance. Let him sequester himselfe from the Company of his Country men, and diet in 50 such Places, where there is good Company of the Nation, where he travaileth. Let him upon his Removes, from one place to another, procure Recommendation, to some person...
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Amazons, Savages, and Machiavels: Travel and Colonial Writing in English ...

Andrew Hadfield - 2001 - 340 pages
...great Adamant of Acquaintance. Let him sequester himselfe from the Company of his Country men, and diet in such Places, where there is good Company of the Nation, where he travaileth. Let him upon his Removes, from one place to another, procure Recommendation, to some person...
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The Major Works

Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 pages
...great adamant0 of acquaintance. Let him sequester himself from the company of his countrymen, and diet0 in such places where there is good company of the nation where he travelleth. Let him upon his removes0 from one place to another, procure recommendation0 to some person of quality0 residing in...
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Early Modern English Lives: Autobiography and Self-representation, 1500-1660

Ronald Bedford, Lloyd Davis, Philippa Kelly - 2007 - 264 pages
...destinations. And, once abroad, [l]et him sequester himself, from the company of his countrymen, and diet in such places, where there is good company of the...the place whither he removeth; that he may use his favor, in those things he desireth to see or know. Thus he may abridge his travel, with much profit....
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A Century of English Essays: An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R.L ...

Ernest Rhys, Lloyd Vaughan - 1920 - 518 pages
...great adamant of acquaintance. Let him sequester himself from the company of his countrymen, and diet in such places where there is good company of the...favour in those things he desireth to see or know. Thus he~may abridge his travel with much profit. As for the acquaintance which is to be sought in travel;...
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Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan Prose

John Dover Wilson - 1913 - 334 pages
...great adamant of acquaintance. Let him sequester himself from the company of his countrymen, and diet in such places where there is good company of the...whither he removeth, that he may use his favour in those tlungs he desireth to see or know. Thus he may abridge his travel, with much profit. As for the acquaintance...
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La vie nomade et les routes d'Angleterre au XIVe siècle

Jean Jules Jusserand - 1919 - 182 pages
...means of making acquaintances), let him separate himself from the company of his countrymen, and diet in such places where there is good company of the...quality residing in the place whither he removeth; thus he may abridge his travel with much profit. BACON : Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral. XXIV....
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The Swiss Monthly, Volume 4

1926 - 446 pages
...adamant of acquaintance. Let him sequester himself from the company of his own countrymen, and diet in such places where there is good company of the nation where he traveleth. Let him, upon his removes from one place to another, procure recommendation to some person...
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