| Henry Hopwood - 1841 - 206 pągines
...great or numerous, of sudden or frequent, changes. " It were good," says our great English philosopher, "that men in their innovations would follow the example...for otherwise, whatsoever is new is unlocked for.... It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident;... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1843 - 96 pągines
...elsewhere observe, that " A froward retention of Custom is as turbulent a thing as Innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new." No doubt this cry of "innovation" was loud and long, of late, among the ulemas and muftis of Constantinople.... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 574 pągines
...ones. " A froward retention of custom," says Lord Bacon, " is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. It were good, therefore, that men in their innovations...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived." A reasonable and judicious reduction of the qualifications required of a voter, if offered early in... | |
| Opie Staite - 1844 - 114 pągines
...expect new evils. A froward retention of a custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new. I know it will be impossible for me, by any pleading of mine, to reverse the judgment of Esop's cock,... | |
| Robert M. Hovenden - 1844 - 386 pągines
...rnoveth so around, 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." CHAPTER XVIIL ODDS AND ENDS. L'homme est vain naturellement. Nous ne nous contentons pas de la vie... | |
| 1844 - 596 pągines
...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." THE FLAG OF ENGLAND. BY LEWIS WAY. THE Flag, the Flag of England — that waved above the host That... | |
| Samuel Warren - 1845 - 1174 pągines
...proud monarchy, heretofore acting upon the great text authority of Lord Bacon, that ' it were good if men in their innovations, would follow the example of time itself, which, indeed, hmovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived'." III. PERSONAL ACTIONS. Having... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pągines
...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...be perceived ; for otherwise, whatsoever is new is uulooked for, and ever it mends some and pain other : and he that is holpen, takes it for a fortune,... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pągines
...so round that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation, and they thai reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the...innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees, scarce to lie perceived; for otherwise, whatsoever is new is unlooked for, and ever it mends some and pairs other... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pągines
...moveth so round that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing aa an innovation, and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new. It were goodi therefore,.that men in their innovations would follow the exam pie of time itself, which, indeed,... | |
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