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" He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him. "
A Book about Travelling, Past and Present - Page 6
by Thomas Allan Croal - 1877 - 608 pages
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...in his mind ; his knowing what to observe ; his power of contrasting one mode of life with another. As the Spanish proverb says, ' He, who would bring...knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge." BOSWELL. " The proverb, I suppose, Sir, means, he must carry a large stock with him to trade with."...
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Persia, Ancient and Modern

John Piggot - 1874 - 352 pages
...home, but take the things themselves, for parcels of such articles are often plundered en route. * " He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." — Spanish Proverb. t The Shiraz tobacco is very fine. Mr. Brittlebauk bought 180 Ibs. and sent it...
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Wisdom and Genius of Dr. Samuel Johnson: Selected from His Prose Writings

Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pages
...therefore," says Dryden, " is not so loose as paraphrase, nor so close as metaphrase." TRAVELLIJMQ. As the Spanish proverb says, " He who would bring...knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge. TREACHERY. COMBINATIONS of wickedness would overwhelm the world by the advantage which licentious principles...
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The biblical museum. Old Testament, Volume 1

James Comper Gray - 1876 - 412 pages
...A nmu that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense." — Addison. с Bumiann. As the Spanish proverb says, He who would bring home...Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him,' во it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge." —...
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A handbook for travellers in Holland and Belgium [by J. Murray]. 19th-21st ed

John Murray - 1876 - 364 pages
...deaf or dumb. ' Necesse est faceré sumptum qui quíerit hierum ;' or, as Johnson has well said, ' A man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.' " — JW — Quarterly Review. " The enjoyment of travelling, like other pleasures, must be purchased...
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A Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium

John Murray (Firm) - 1881 - 328 pages
...were deaf or dumb. ' Necesse est facere sumptum qui quserit lucrum ;' or, as Johnson has well said, ' A man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.' " — JW — Quarterly Review. " The enjoyment of travelling, like other pleasures, must be purchased...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with The journal of a tour ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1884 - 626 pages
...in his mind ; his knowing what to observe ; his power of contrasting one mode of life with another. As the Spanish proverb says, ' He who would bring...knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge." BOSWELL. " The proverb, I suppose, Sir, means, he must carry a large stock with him to trade with."...
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Doctor Johnson: His Life, Works & Table Talk

James Macaulay - 1884 - 172 pages
...in his mind ; his knowing what to observe ; his power of contrasting one mode of life with another. As the Spanish proverb says, ' He who would bring...knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge." DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT. HTHE peculiar doctrine of Christianity is that of an universal sacrifice...
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Johnsoniana: Life, Opinions, and Table-talk of Doctor Johnson

Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...previously in his mind, his knowing what to observe, his power of contrasting one mode of life with another. As the Spanish proverb says, ' He who would bring...knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge." BOSWELL. "The proverb, I suppose, sir, means he must carry a large stock with him to trade with." JOHNSON....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1884 - 814 pages
...to whom Campbell's letters on Ireland were addressed, ii. 547. Wealth. The proper use of, ii. 514; " He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him," iii. 1 8 ; "its real value consists in opening the door to the greatest blessings," ii. 424, n. Weather,...
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