 | 1881 - 692 str.
...the vast middle class whose maxim in effect seems to be expressed by the poet's familiar lines : " Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." In medicine it is through the careful plodding examination of this middle class that accumulated... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 str.
...length of breeches, and the gathers, Port-canons, periwigs, and feathers. Bailer, Hud. in. 923. Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope, EC 335. Fashion, a word which knaves and fools may use, Their knavery and folly to... | |
 | Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1882 - 1146 str.
...the innovation, and decline the questionable honour of being the first to advertise a novelty. " Be not the first by whom the new is tried. Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." CHAPTER LXVII. MANNERS IN THE STREET AND PUBLIC PLACES. Deportment and manner in walking... | |
 | 1911 - 580 str.
...like to add a few bon mots by way of reminder: "He who is always prepared is never confounded." "Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside." It is better to retrace your steps than to continue in the wrong direction. He who would... | |
 | 1904 - 714 str.
...practice, and how loth they are to resort to something new. No doubt this fact exemplifies the maxim : "Be not the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the last to lay the old aside." This saying, were it put into active practice, would interdict the use of any new drug... | |
 | 1904 - 800 str.
...practice, and how loth they are to resort to something new. No doubt this fact exemplifies the maxim: "Be not the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the last to lay the old aside." This saying, were it put into active practice, would interdict the use of any new drug... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - 1883 - 638 str.
...practically act upon that prudent, though to many minds must proeaic, maxim which counsels— " Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." But in regard to the way in which God would have us go, our text teaches — I. THAT THERE... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 str.
...gathers, Port-cannons, perrivvigs, and feathers. 1611 Butler: Hudibras. Ft. i. Canto iii. Line 923 Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. 1612 Pope: E. on Criticism. Pt. ii. Line 135 .Fashion, a word which knaves and fools may... | |
 | 1883 - 654 str.
...conformed to the prevalent mode. In matters of dress the teacher may well follow the old couplet, " Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to cast the old aside." The material should be good, although it need not be very costly; but, in general,... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 str.
...Usage excludes words that are (1) Obsolete, or (2) Novel. The general rule has been thus expressed : Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.— Pop*. (I) Obsolete Words are those once in good usage that have passed out of speech... | |
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Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside. 
