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" All this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrary wise, 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. "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page 82
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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Commentaries on American Law, Volume 4

James Kent - Law - 1848 - 798 pages
...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,...
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Scholarship examinations of 1846/47 (-1853/54).

Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...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...
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrariwise moveth so round, that a 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, therefore, that men, in their innovations,...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...strangers, more admired, and less favoured. All this is true if time stood still ; which contrariwise p % innovaleth greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived: for otherwise, whatsoever is...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...strangers, more admired, and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrariwise, Besides I do not find in myself so much theji that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that...
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The Age and Its Architects: Ten Chapters on the English People, in Reference ...

Edwin Paxton Hood - Great Britain - 1850 - 470 pages
...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,...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1851 - 822 pages
...generalisation !) — then warns the fearful that " he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils ;" that a " froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ;" and sums up a wisdom, that is surely divine, in the one advice worthy of a Socrates, a Thomas a-Kempis,...
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General Report on Public Instruction in the Bengal Presidency

Education - 1851 - 626 pages
...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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The New Church Repository and Monthly Review, Volume 5

1852 - 598 pages
...retained, if time stood still ; which contrariwise, moreth eo round, that af reward retention of custom ts as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that...innovations would follow the example of time itself, which innpvateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived. . It is good also nut to try...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral ; And, Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...true, if Time ftood ftill ; which contrariwife moveth fo round, that a froward Retention of Cuftom, is as turbulent a Thing, as an Innovation : and they...that reverence too much Old Times, are but a Scorn there is no fuch gain of Time, as to iterate often the State of the ^uejlion : for it chafeth away...
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