 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1872 - 906 էջ
...justify their purchase by many who adopt the advice (in matters of business generally safe) — " Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." In comparing the horse pitchforks with the machine elevators we may note it as an important... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1844 - 352 էջ
...conversation therefore be natural, and as to the fashion of your dress take the good old rule— ' Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.' In short be Sam Slick." " Don't be afeerd, Minister," said Mr. Slick, " I have too much... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1845 - 342 էջ
...conversation therefore be natural, and as to the fashion of your dress take the good old rule— ' Be not the first by •whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. In short be Sam Slick." " Don't be afeerd, Minister," said Mr. Slick, " I have too much... | |
 | 1847 - 526 էջ
...Admires the jay the insect's varying wings ? Or, hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? POPE. 14. Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. POPE. 15. And even while Fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if... | |
 | 1847 - 540 էջ
...Admires the jay the insect's varying wings ? Or, hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? POPE. 14. Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. POPE. 15. And even while Fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if... | |
 | 1850 - 310 էջ
...miseries of young women, and half their ill tempers, might be avoided by habits of domestic activity. BE not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. — Pope. THE MOTHER'S ASSISTANT. APRIL, 1850. [No. 4. Written for the Mother's Assistant.... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 էջ
...good one : " In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old ; Be not the first by whom the new is tried, , Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." RULE IV. — When the usage is divided as to any words and phrases, and when one of the... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1856 - 370 էջ
...conversation, therefore, be natural, and as to the fashion of your dress, take the good old rule— " ' Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.' In short, be Sam Slick." " Don't be afeerd, Minister," said Mr. Slick, " I have too much... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1857 - 802 էջ
...manners, or modes of speech, the prudent maxim of the poet would be the safe and sufficient rale: fie not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But to apply this rule of good taste to religions convictions would be to compromise the... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 424 էջ
...good one : " In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old ; Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." RULE IV. — When usage is divided, an expression which is UNIVOCAL is to be preferred... | |
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Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside. 
