 | 1793 - 76 pages
...accufation in the words of one of thewifeft of mankind: " *THAT TIME " IS THE GREATEST INNOVATOR ; " AND IF TIME OF COURSE ALTER " THINGS TO THE WORSE,...ALTER THEM TO THE " BETTER, WHAT SHALL BE THE « END?" They will not innovate, but they are no enemies to gradual decay ; as if the changes infenfibly produced... | |
 | Christopher Wyvill - 1794 - 698 pages
...the words of one of the wifeft of mankind : Pa " * THAT " * THAT TIME IS THE GREATEST IN""NOVATOR ; AND IF TIME OF COURSE " ALTER THINGS TO THE WORSE,...THE BETTER, WHAT " SHALL BE THE END ?" By the Reform prqpofed by Lord Chatham f, he declared in the Houfe of Lords, that he meant to infufe a portion of... | |
 | William Belsham - 1795 - 566 pages
...new evils: for TIME is the greatest innovator ; 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 ?" — " There is (as Helvetius observes) a description of men with hearts incapable of virtuous emotion,... | |
 | William Belsham - 1805 - 600 pages
...new evils : for TIME is the greatest innovator ; 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 ?" — " There is (as Helvetius observes) a description of men with hearts incapable of virtuous emotion,... | |
 | James Jopp - 1812 - 460 pages
...accusation in the words of one of the wisest of mankind : ' That time is the greatest innovator ; * and if time of course alter things to the worse, ' and if wisdom and counsel shall not alter theyi . ' to the better, what shall be the end * /" " • • • This was so far well, and from no... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...new evils; for time is the greatest innovator; 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 is settled by custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit; and those... | |
 | 1812 - 760 pages
...their accusatioA in the words of one of the wisest of mankind : that time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and if' wisdom and counsel ihall not alter them to the tetter, what shall be the end?' " This was su far well, and from no mean... | |
 | George Wilson Meadley - 1813 - 426 pages
...powerful state; ever remembering the wise remark of Bacon, " That if time alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end *." But, whilst the principles of Sydney were thus gloriously maintained by his country, his fate was... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...new evils; for time is the greatest innovator ; 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 is settled by custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit : and those... | |
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Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what... 
