 | John Davis - 1880 - 514 pages
...skilfull Pylote mast haue consideration, which are better learned by practice then taught by penne, for it is not possible that any man can be a good and sufficient pylot or skilful Seaman but by painful and diligent practise with the assistance of arte, whereby the... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1882 - 484 pages
...maintained that experience was also necessary. " It is not possible," he said, " that any man can be a skilful seaman but by painful and diligent practice with the assistance of arte, whereby the famous pilot may be esteemed worthy of his profession, as a member meete for the... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1882 - 480 pages
...maintained that experience was also necessary. " It is not possible," he said, " that any man can be a skilful seaman but by painful and diligent practice with the assistance of arte, whereby the famous pilot may be esteemed worthy of his profession, as a member meete for the... | |
 | Squire Thornton Stratford Lecky - 1918 - 966 pages
...observatories. A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES. 317 of "North- West Passage" fame — has it in his Seaman's Secrets: " It is not possible that any man can be a good and...skilful Seaman but by painful and diligent practice." However, for the encouragement of those not yet posted in navigation by the stars, the writer can promise... | |
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It is not possible," he said, " that any man can be a skilful seaman but by painful and diligent practice with the assistance of arte, whereby the famous pilot may be esteemed worthy of his profession, as a member meete for the common weale. 