 It is true, that what is settled by custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit. And those things which have long gone together are as it were confederate within themselves : whereas new things piece not so well ; but though they help by their...  The Southern Law Review - Σελίδα 2361876Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 σελίδες
...is true, that what is fettled by Cuftom, though it be not good, yet at leaft it is fit ; and thofe Things which have long gone together are, as it were, confederate within themfelves ; whereas new Things piece not fo well ; but though they help by their utility, yet they... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 σελίδες
...if time of course_alj£r,jthn)gs[ to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ? It is true, that what...custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit2 ; and those things which have long gone together, are as it were confederate within themselves... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 σελίδες
...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 ? It is true, that what...custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit2 ; and those things which have long gone together, are as it were confederate within themselves... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1858 - 620 σελίδες
...least it is fit ; and those things which have long gone together, are, as it were, confederate with themselves ; whereas new things piece not so well...their utility, yet they trouble by their inconformity f besides, they are like strangers, more admired, and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood... | |
 | 1859 - 650 σελίδες
...emendations, where no clear title can be shown, will contend in vain. For ' it is true,' says Bacon, ' that what is settled by custom, though it be not good,...together, are, as it were, confederate within themselves.' Therefore the benefit of every doubt is due, we conceive, to the established reading. Mr. Dyce has... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1859 - 584 σελίδες
...emendations where no clear title can be shown, will contend in vain. For ' it is true,' says Bacon, ' that what is settled by custom, though it be not good,...together, are, as it were, confederate within themselves.' Therefore the benefit of every doubt is due, we conceive, to the established reading. Mr. Dyce has... | |
 | 1859 - 578 σελίδες
...emendations where no clear title can be shown, will contend in vain. For ' it is true,' says Bacon, ' that what is settled by custom, though it be not good,...together, are, as it were, confederate within themselves.' Therefore the benefit of every doubt is due, we conceive, to the established reading. Mr. Dyce has... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1859 - 750 σελίδες
...emendations where no clear title can be shown, will contend in vain. For ' it is true,' says Bacon, ' that what is settled by custom, though it be not good,...together, are, as it were, confederate within themselves.' Therefore the benefit of every doubt is due, we conceive, to the established reading. Mr. Dyce has... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1859 - 750 σελίδες
...emendations where no clear title can be shown, will contend in vain. For ' it is true,' says Bacon, ' that what is settled by custom, though it be not good,...together, are, as it were, confederate within themselves.' Therefore the benefit of every doubt is due, we conceive, to the established reading. Mr. Dyce has... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 σελίδες
...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 ? It is true, that what...custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit;2 and those things which have long gone together, are as it were confederate within themselves... | |
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