 | Francis Bacon - 1822 - 238 pàgines
...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. It were good, there- , fore, that men, in their innovations, would follow the example of time itself, which indeed... | |
 | William Clarke Somerville - 1822 - 412 pàgines
...higher merit than the possession of either virtue or talent; and Lord Bacon's maxim that "they who reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new," became verified. But the French nobility were brave, chivalrous, and hospitable; for such is the paradoxical... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pàgines
...that -it falls. ' Death opencth the gate to good fame and extinguished envy. It were good that man, in their innovations, would follow the example of...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived. Fame is like a river that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.... | |
 | 1824 - 494 pàgines
...ought to adopt the advice of Lord Bacon, who says, that " it were go*od that men in their innova" tions would follow the example of time itself, which indeed...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be " perceived ;" and not pursue that radical system, which, for the sake of a few dilapidated parts, would destroy... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pàgines
...roast their eggs. 38. New things, like strangers, are more admired and less favoured. 39. It were good that men, in their innovations, would follow the example...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived. 40. They that reverence too much old time, are but a scorn to the new. 41. The Spaniards and Spartans... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pàgines
...roast their eggs. 38. New things, like strangers, are more admired and less favoured. 39. It were good that men, in their innovations, would follow the example...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived. 40. They that reverence too much old time, are but a scorn to the new. 41. The Spaniards and Spartans... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pàgines
...roast their eggs. 38. New things, like strangers, are more admired and less favoured. 39. It were good that men, in their innovations, would follow the example...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived. 40. They that reverence too much old time, are but a scorn to the new. 41. The Spaniards and Spartans... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1826 - 586 pàgines
...strengthen with their strength, and turn their influence to good. " It were good," says Lord Bacon, " that men, in their innovations, would follow the example...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived ;" but the flood of time has rolled over this people, without producing any sensible impression ; and... | |
 | William Wirt - 1826 - 690 pàgines
...materials of the closet. But it is well in all cases to remember the wise recommendation of Lord Bacon, " that men in their innovations would follow the example...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived." f And nothing can introduce more sobriety of judgment than the experience derived from the history... | |
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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... 
