 | Francis Bacon, Peter Shaw - 1733 - 658 pages
...accounted AntiIteOUS. . ° » ', , , -i • J T-- l-tr. quity ; and ought to be attributed to our own Times, not to the Youth of the World, which it enjoyed among the Ancients : for that Age, tho',-with refped: to us, it be ancient and greater; yet, with regard to the World, it was new and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 270 pages
...days of the world, should, in reality, be accounted antiquity; and ought to be attributed to our own times, not to the youth of the world, which it enjoyed...expect a greater knowledge of things, and a riper judgment, from a man of years, than from a youth, on account of the greater experience, and the greater... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...and ought to be attributed to our own times, not to the youth of the world, which it enjoyed amongst the ancients ; for that age, though with respect to...yet with regard to the world, it was new and less." Bacon's Nov. Organ, Shaw's translation. " Where should we be, if our ancestors had had for theirs,... | |
 | 1820 - 394 pages
...and ought to be attributed to our own times, not to the youth of the world, which it enjoyed amongst the ancients ; for that age, though with respect to...yet with regard to the world, it was new and less." Bacon's Nov. Organ. Shaw's translation. " Where should we be, if our ancestors had had for theirs,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 520 pages
...days of the world, should in reality be accounted antiquity, and " ought to be attributed to our own times, not to the youth of " the world, which it enjoyed...expect a greater knowledge of things, and a riper judgment, from a man of years than from a youth, on account of the greater experience, and the greater... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...days of the world, should in reality be accounted antiquity, and ' ought to be attributed to our own times, not to the youth of ' the world, which it enjoyed...expect a ' greater knowledge of things, and a riper judgment, from a man of ' years than from a youth, on account of the greater experience, and ' the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 536 pages
...days of the world, should in reality b« accounted antiquity, and ought to be attributed to our own times, not to the youth of the world, which it enjoyed...expect a greater knowledge of things, and a riper judgment, from a man of years than from a youth, on account of the greater experience, and the greater... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - 1826 - 294 pages
...days of the world should, in reality, be accounted antiquity, and ought to be attributed to our own times, not to the youth of the world, which it enjoyed...regard to the world it was new and less. And as we of his ideas, and consequently the limited means of forming the judgement, enabled man to discover... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1826 - 548 pages
...days of the world, should in reality be accounted antiquity, and ought to be attributed to our own times, not to the youth of the world, which it enjoyed...with respect to us it be ancient and greater, yet wilh regard to the world, it was new and less. And as we justly expect a greater knowledge of things,... | |
 | 1820 - 398 pages
...and ought to be attributed to our own times, not to the youth of the world, which it enjoyed amongst the ancients; for that age, though with respect to...yet with regard to the world, it was new and less." Bacons Nov. Organ. Shaw's translation. " Where should we be, if our ancestors had had for theirs, and... | |
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The opinion which men entertain of antiquity is a very idle thing, and almost incongruous to the word; for the old age and length of days of the world should in reality be accounted antiquity, and ought to be attributed to our own times, not to the youth... 
