 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 Seiten
...this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrariwise moveth so round, thai a froward retention ol custom is as turbulent a. thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much olo times are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that men, in their innovations, would... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1835 - 474 Seiten
...Besides, they are like strangers, more admired and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward...therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1835 - 458 Seiten
...favoured. All this is true, if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a fro ward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an...therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived... | |
 | 1835 - 444 Seiten
...besides, they are like strangers, more admired and less favoured. 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 innovation ; and they that reverence too much old things, are but a scorn to the newt.' * We do not... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 426 Seiten
...unanswerable objection urged against all improvement. We have already quoted the dictum of Bacon — that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. This was not the opinion of Ignatius Loyola, who in order tcf avoid any innovation in the shape of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 Seiten
...Besides, they are like strangers, more admired, and less favoured. All this is true if time stood still; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward...therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived:... | |
 | Ephraim Banks - 1838 - 436 Seiten
...strangers, more admired and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still, which contrarywise, moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom...innovation; and they that reverence too much old times, arc but a scorn to the new." The length of the chapter prevents me quoting it; I shall however quote... | |
 | Edward Copleston (bp. of Llandaff.) - 1839 - 340 Seiten
...things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what will be the end? It were good therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 Seiten
...besides, they are like strangers, more admired and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still : which, contrariwise, moveth so round, that a froward...therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived;... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1840 - 844 Seiten
...purified, and that the change •was not only just, but necessary. Dr. Butler was of Lord Bacon's opinion, that " a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation ;" though, to use his own words, " he hoped that the priming-knife would be used with a... | |
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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. 
