 All this is true, See. 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.  The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon - Page 554by Edited with an Introduction by John M. Robertson - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Society of the Friends of the People (Great Britain) - 1793
...THE GREATEST INNOVATOR ; " AND IF TIME OF COURSE ALTER " THINGS TO THE WORSE, AND IF « WISDOM AND COUNSEL SHALL " NOT ALTER THEM TO THE " BETTER, WHAT SHALL BE THE « END?" They will not innovate, but they are no enemies to gradual decay ; as if the changes infenfibly produced... | |
 | Christopher Wyvill - 1794
...IS THE GREATEST IN""NOVATOR ; AND IF TIME OF COURSE " ALTER THINGS TO THE WORSE, AND " IF WISDOM AND COUNSEL SHALL NOT " ALTER THEM TO THE BETTER, WHAT " SHALL BE THE END ?" By the Reform prqpofed by Lord Chatham f, he declared in the Houfe of Lords, that he meant to infufe... | |
 | William Belsham - History - 1795
...for TIME is the greatest innovator ; and if Time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" — " There is (as Helvetius observes) a description of men with hearts incapable of virtuous emotion,... | |
 | 1804
...and Jess favoured. All this is true, if time stood stiy ; 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. It were good therefore, that... | |
 | William Belsham - 1805
...for TIME is the greatest innovator ; and if Time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" — " There is (as Helvetius observes) a description of men with hearts incapable of virtuous emotion,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pages
...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 an innovation; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that... | |
 | James Jopp - 1812
...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 an innovation ; and they * Address to the People of Great Britain. that reverence too much old times are but a scorn... | |
 | George Wilson Meadley - 1813 - 400 pages
...ever remembering the wise remark of Bacon, " That if time alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end *." But, whilst the principles of Sydney were thus gloriously maintained by his country, his fate was... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography & Autobiography - 1815
...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 an innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816
...general discontents throughvator ; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and if wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" By the reform proposed by Lord Chatham,* he declared in the house of lords, that he meant to infuse... | |
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