| Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...themselves would not have advocated, if living, changes called for by altered circumstances. •ward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an...old times, are but a scorn to the new. It were good there- [5] fore that men, in their innovations, would follow the example of time itself, which indeed... | |
| John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...favoured. All this is true if time stood still : which contrariwise moveth so round that a forward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much of old times are but a scorn to the new. It were good therefore that men, in their innovations should... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 694 pages
...v. Atherstone, 10 Queen's Bench, 950 (1847). Nay it is even true as Lord Bacon remarks in the text that " a froward retention of custom is as turbulent...reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new." ESSAY XXV. p. 267, 1. 11. — The conjunction " because" is used in a remarkable manner, now quite... | |
| Lindley Spring - African Americans - 1868 - 250 pages
...habits, feelings, and interest to the new order of things. Lord Bacon, in one of his essays, says : — " It were good, therefore, that men, in their innovations,...which, indeed, innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by means scarce to be perceived." Our legislators, however, are superior to instruction. Time is an old... | |
| Lindley Spring - African Americans - 1868 - 256 pages
...feelings, and interest to the new order of things. Lord Bacon, in one of his essays, says:—" r lt were good, therefore, that men, in their innovations,...•which, indeed, innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by means scarce to be perceived." Our legislators, however, are superior to instruction. Time is an old... | |
| Medicine - 1868 - 834 pages
..." One new change leaves always (as in building) a toothing or aptitude for another." " It were good that men in their innovations would follow the example...indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarcely to be perceived." EDITORIAL. WE surrender a considerable proportion of the present number... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 472 pages
...true, if Time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a Froward Retention of Custome, is as turbulent a Thing, as an Innovation : And they that Reverence too much Old Times, are but a Scorne to the New. It were good therefore, that Men in their Innovations, would follow the Example... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...v. Atherstone, 10 Queen's Bench, 950 (1847). Nay it is even true as Lord Bacon remarks in the text that " a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and ihey that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new." ESSAY XXV. p. 267, 1. 11. —... | |
| Church congress - 1869 - 534 pages
...that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils, for Time is the greatest innovator * » * and a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing...reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new." The possibility, not to say the likelihood, of changes, neither few nor unimportant, has been lately... | |
| Church and social problems - 1869 - 534 pages
...that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils, for Time is the greatest innovator * * * and a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing...reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new." The possibility, not to say the likelihood, of changes, neither few nor unimportant, has been lately... | |
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