 | John Kentish - 1846 - 444 páginas
...apposite paraphrase of it than in Lord Bacon's Essay on Innovations; especially in the sentence, " They that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new." XI. 9. " Rejoice, &c.—but know thou, that for all these things, God will bring thee into judgment."]... | |
 | John Noake - 1848 - 396 páginas
...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... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...Besides, they are like strangers, more admired, and less favoured. All this is true if time stood still ; v ܠ _ b{| ۊ p4m9 #! 4 n7)t 3|/ ' p ...#gv M gN. b v; dF Hd nnMt C J | ] example of time itself, which indeed innovaleth greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived:... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 páginas
...besides, they are like strangers, more admired, and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still ; all men's abilities. 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 páginas
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 páginas
...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... | |
 | University magazine - 1851 - 822 páginas
...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 páginas
...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. 
