 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 - 1868 - 786 σελίδες
...and if time of course alters things to1 the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ? It is true that what...; and those things which have long gone together, arc, as it were, confederate with themselves ; whereas new things piece not so well ; but, though they... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 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 ;2 besides, they are like strangers, more admired, and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 σελίδες
...Time, of course, alter Things to the wdrse, and Wisedome, and Counsell shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the End? It is true, that what is setled by Custome, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit. And those Things, which have long... | |
 | Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1869 - 176 σελίδες
...to the old grammatical usage — " What you have spoke it may be true perchance." Macb. iv. 3. 11. "It is true that what is settled by custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit" — BE 9I. The following use of what for "how far advanced," should be noticed : — ' ' M. What is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 σελίδες
...and if time of course7 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;8 and those things which have long gone together are, as it were, confederate within 1 Sui amantes,... | |
 | Bertha Meriton Gardiner - 1874 - 404 σελίδες
...laid to heart the weighty sentences of the great philosopher of their youth. "It is true," says Bacon, "that what is settled by custom, though it be not...at least, it is fit ; and those things which have ' gone long together are, as it were, confederate within themselves, whereas new things piece not so... | |
 | 1874 - 834 σελίδες
...the words of Bacon true that ' 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 . ' It is impossible to ponder on the social as apart from the military side of the important changes... | |
 | 1875 - 462 σελίδες
...old ways, even though they be of the roughest and most intricate. To use the words of a great jndge, "what is settled by custom, though it be not good,...have long gone together are, as it were, confederate among themselves ; whereas new things piece not so well." That the English Bar, powerful in its centralization,... | |
 | 1875 - 632 σελίδες
...beneficial. To use the language of one who was, in years gone by, a distinguished Bencher of Gray's Inn, ' What is settled by custom, though it be not good,...have long gone together are, as it were, confederate among themselves ; whereas new things piece not so well.' The notion that Lord Selborne and Lord Hatherley... | |
 | 1875 - 630 σελίδες
...language of one who was, in years gone by, a distinguished Bencher of Gray's Inn, ' What is settled bv custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is...have long gone together are, as it were, confederate among themselves ; whereas new things piece not so well.' The notion that Lord Selborne and Lord Hatherley... | |
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