 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 էջ
...stood still ; which, contrariwise, moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence...innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to beperceived; for otherwise, whatsoever is new is unlocked for; and ever it mends some, and pairs other... | |
 | James Kent - 1848 - 798 էջ
...remedy by suit most in practice. The claim of dower is considered, in Newthat •' it were good if men, in their innovations, would follow the example...which, indeed, innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degree! scarce to be perceived." By the statute of 3 and 4 William IV., r. 27, all real and mixed actions,... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 էջ
...lie unswept, And mountainous error be too highly heap'd For truth to over-peer." — SHAKESPEARE. " They that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new." — LORD BACON. We rarely find people ready to accept of innovations without a struggle. History affords... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 էջ
...froward retention ol custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too nyich old times are but a scorn to the new. It were good,...be perceived ; for otherwise, whatsoever is new is unlooked for ; and ever it mends some, and pairs others ; and he that is holpen takes it for a fortune,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 էջ
...stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent innovaleth greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived: for otherwise, whatsoever is... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1850 - 502 էջ
...trajecerat axem." — JEn. VII. v. 535. Fredericksburg. STABULARIUS. A THOUGHT FOR THE TIMES. It were good that men in their innovations would follow the example...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived. It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 էջ
...moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and theji me and my poor estate can brued in a man, do I commend myself unto your lordship. I wax now meH in their innovations, would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly,... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1850 - 470 էջ
...the sentences of many of the wisest minds that have ever adorned our world : thus Lord Bacon says, " It were good, therefore, that men, in their innovations, would follow the example of time itself, which innovates so greatly, but quietly, and by degrees, scarce to be perceived : for otherwise, * See MILL—Logic,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 էջ
...stood still ; which, contrariwise, moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation; and they that reverence...but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived : tor otherwise, whatsoever is new is unlocked for; and ever it mends some and pairs' others : and... | |
 | 1851 - 626 էջ
...lie unswept, And mountainous error be too highly beap'd For truth to over-peer." — SHAKESPEARE. " They that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new." — LORD BACON. Uattn Interfecto Julio, utrum Roma; profuit quod unus Augustus imperio nactus est.... | |
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All this is true, if time stood still; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new. It were good therefore that... 
