 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 sivua
...true, if Time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a Froward Retention of Custome, is as turbulent a Thing, as an Innovation : And they that Reverence too much Old Times, are but a Scorne to the New. It were good therefore, that Men in their Innovations, would follow the Example... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 sivua
...trouble, by their Inconformity. Besides, they are like % . Strangers; more Admired, and lesse Favoured. All this is true, if Time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a Froward Retention of Custome, is as turbulent a Thing, as an Innovation : And they that Reverence too much Old Times, are... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 sivua
...v. Atherstone, 10 Queen's Bench, 950 (1847). Nay it is even true as Lord Bacon remarks in the text that " a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and ihey that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new." ESSAY XXV. p. 267, 1. 11. —... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 sivua
...trouble by their inconformity ;2 besides, they are like strangers, more admired, and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrariwise, moveth so round,3 that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that... | |
 | Church congress - 1869 - 534 sivua
...that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils, for Time is the greatest innovator * » * and a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing...reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new." The possibility, not to say the likelihood, of changes, neither few nor unimportant, has been lately... | |
 | 1869 - 534 sivua
...that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils, for Time is the greatest innovator * * * and a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing...reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new." The possibility, not to say the likelihood, of changes, neither few nor unimportant, has been lately... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1869 - 304 sivua
...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 to avoid any innovation in the shape of... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1869 - 392 sivua
...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 to avoid any innovation in the shape of his... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1871 - 678 sivua
...true, if Time flood flill; which contrariwife moueth fo round, that a Froward 15 Retention of Cuf:ome, is as turbulent a Thing, as an Innovation : And they that Reverence too much Old Times, are but a i->come to the New. It were good therefore, that Men in their Innouatioqs, would follow the Example... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 sivua
...trouble by their inconformity. Besides, they are like strangers, more admired, and less favoured.3 All this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrariwise, moveth so round,4 that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation; and they that... | |
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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. 
