 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...It 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 - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...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 is settled by custom, though...at least, it is fit ; and those things which have L/ng gone together, are, as it were, confederate within themselves ; 2 whereas new things piece not... | |
 | Psychiatry - 1857 - 652 pages
...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 is settled by custom, though...admired and less favoured. All this is true, if time ttood still, which contrariwise moveth so round .}• that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...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 is settled by custom, though...have long gone together, are, as it were, confederate with themselves ; whereas new things piece not so well ; but, though they help by their utility, yet... | |
 | Charles Tennant - Taxation - 1857 - 510 pages
...things for the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end? It is true, that what is settled by custom, though...have long gone together are, as it were, confederate with themselves ; whereas, new things piece not so well : but though they help by their utility, yet... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...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, Richard Whately - Philosophy - 1858 - 620 pages
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1858 - 792 pages
...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 is settled by 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 pages
...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 is settled by 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... | |
 | 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 - English literature - 1859 - 750 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
