 | John Noake - 1848 - 396 pages
...on him to interpose his veto in cases of uncalled-for revivals, on the principle of my Lord Bacon, that "a froward retention of custom is as turbulent...as an innovation, and they that reverence too much of old times are but a scorn to the new;" still I have no reason to believe that his lordship can smell... | |
 | James Kent - 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Locke - 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 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... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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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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. 
