 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 ページ
...the wisest men of any country, points out the course of safety in all such circumstances. He says, ' It were good that men in their innovations would follow...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived ; for otherwise, what* soever is nr\v is unlocked for ; and ever it mends some, and impairs, others... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 ページ
...innovation; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that men, in their innovations, would follow the example...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived; for otherwise, whatsoever is new is unlooked for; and ever it mends some, and pairs others; and he... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 ページ
...-, and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the example...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived ; for otherwise whatsoever is new is unlocked for ; and ever it mends some, and impairs others : and... | |
 | 1821 - 416 ページ
...; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that men, in their innovations, .would follow the...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived ; for otherwise, whatsoever is new is unlocked for; and ever it mends some, and pairs others; and he... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1821 - 344 ページ
...innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the example...itself, which, indeed, innovateth greatly, but quietly. LOUD BACON. WE have hitherto said scarcely any thing of the constitution of the House of Commons. From... | |
 | 1850 - 698 ページ
...words of Lord Bacon, on this subject, are not to be lightly treated : — " It were good, therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the example...but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived It is good, also, not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 ページ
...innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that men, in their innovations, would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly v but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived ; for otherwise, whatsoever is new is unlocked... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 572 ページ
...; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new. It were good, therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovate th greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be per* ceived ; for otherwise whatsoever... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 ページ
...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 ページ
...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... | |
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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... 
