"Sir martin frobisher" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was born to utter he may forget to mention, as presuming it to be no news. Indeed, if a man of fertile soul be misled into the luckless search after peculiar and surprising thoughts, there are many chances that be will be betrayed into this oversight of his proper errand. As Sir Martin Frobisher, according to Fuller, brought home from America a cargo of precious stones which after examination were thrown out to mend roads with, so he leaves untouched his divine knowledges, and comes sailing into port full-freighted ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 52, February, 1862 • Various
... [20] Sir Martin Frobisher, who in 1577 anchored on the Western coast of Greenland, reported that in that country "the stones be altogether sparkled, and glister in the sun ...
— The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 • Various |
