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John Davys

noun
1.
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605).  Synonyms: Davis, Davys, John Davis.






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... Lord Bacon tells us in his "Apothegms" that Alonzo of Aragon was wont to say, in commendation of Age, that Age appeared to be best in four things: Old wood best to burn; old wine to drink; old friends to trust; and old authors to read. Sir John Davys recalls that "a French writer (whom I love well) speaks of three kinds of companions: Men, women and books," and my revered and beloved poet-friend, Richard Henry Stoddard, has wrought out this sentiment in a poem of exceeding beauty, of which ...
— The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac • Eugene Field



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