 | 1887 - 626 str.
...undoubtedly, with many men, is a barrier to progress. As individuals we should adopt the rule to — " Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the lost to lay the old aside." Disregarding and discountenancing a large percentage of the socalled new... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1889 - 362 str.
...running stream, which can be used to turn a wheel. Be not proud of race, face, place, or grace. Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope has given us this and a vast number of equally wise aphorisms. Here we have a man of... | |
 | 1890 - 596 str.
...them appears as the highest wisdom the smug and satisfied philosophy embodied in the couplet: " Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." forgetful that were it adopted by all there would be an end of progress. Reflection upon... | |
 | Jonathan Rigdon - 1890 - 302 str.
...sentence. 2. Authorized words are those accepted by (a) Present, (b) National, (c) Reputable Usage. Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. — Pope. (a) No one has a right to coin a new word till he has a new idea, and even then... | |
 | 1904 - 992 str.
...problems is going on it may be well for the average kindergartner to heed well the injunction, "Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." I believe this quotation from Miss Bnum's article embodies the spirit of the best kindergartners... | |
 | Mary Alice Caller - 1892 - 234 str.
...age or classic fame. The advice of Pope as to the use of words is equally applicable to books : " Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." The second injunction of Emerson, " Never read any but famed books" may not be followed,... | |
 | 1912 - 476 str.
...treacherous shoals, or sang more alluring songs than the sirens, daughters of the river-god Aohelous. 'Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside,' A few extracts from "Law and Medicine" by Mr. Justice William Renwick Riddell may be presented,... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 str.
...not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. St. Paul. 15 Be not righteous overmuch. Bible, Be s found in me. Bible. Seek, and old aside. Pope. Ben trovato— Well invented. It. Be our joy three-parts pain ! Strive, and hold cheap... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - 1894 - 756 str.
...three things which butter-makers need to study at present, To our ordinary makers, I would say : " Be not the first by whom the new is tried Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. " DAIRY FRAUDS. Last year I referred to a fraud known as the " Black Pepsin " swindle which... | |
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Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside. 
