 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 Baconby Edited with an Introduction by John M. Robertson - 1905Snippet view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 290 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,... | |
 | 1818
...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 old times are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that men in... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818
...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. Tt were good, therefore,... | |
 | William Hendry Stowell - Literary Criticism - 1818
...is the • greatest innovator. And if time of course alter things for the • worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the • better, what shall be the end ? A fromard retention of custom ~ is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that • reverence... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Earl of Edward Hyde Clarendon, Edward Hyde Clarendon (Earl of) - 1820 - 539 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... | |
 | John Russell (1st earl.) - 1821
...their unconformity. 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... | |
 | Literary Criticism - 1821
...and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrarywise, 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,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822
...be the end ? 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. It were good, therefore,... | |
 | William Clarke Somerville - History - 1822 - 390 pages
...one thing is clear — the king conceded every point reluctantly, and never once recollected, that "a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation "* The French are a people who embrace novelties with infinite animation; and many discoveries in the... | |
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