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" Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside. "
Denver Medical Times: Utah Medical Journal. Nevada Medicine - Page 566
1904
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Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England

Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1872 - 906 pages
...justify their purchase by many who adopt the advice (in matters of business generally safe) — " Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." In comparing the horse pitchforks with the machine elevators we may note it as an important...
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The Attaché: Or, Sam Slick in England, Volume 2

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1844 - 352 pages
...conversation therefore be natural, and as to the fashion of your dress take the good old rule— ' Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.' In short be Sam Slick." " Don't be afeerd, Minister," said Mr. Slick, " I have too much...
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The attaché; or, Sam Slick in England, by the author of 'The clockmaker ...

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1845 - 342 pages
...conversation therefore be natural, and as to the fashion of your dress take the good old rule— ' Be not the first by •whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. In short be Sam Slick." " Don't be afeerd, Minister," said Mr. Slick, " I have too much...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 526 pages
...Admires the jay the insect's varying wings ? Or, hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? POPE. 14. Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. POPE. 15. And even while Fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 540 pages
...Admires the jay the insect's varying wings ? Or, hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? POPE. 14. Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. POPE. 15. And even while Fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if...
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The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend, Volumes 16-17

1850 - 310 pages
...miseries of young women, and half their ill tempers, might be avoided by habits of domestic activity. BE not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. — Pope. THE MOTHER'S ASSISTANT. APRIL, 1850. [No. 4. Written for the Mother's Assistant....
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The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin ...

William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...good one : " In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old ; Be not the first by whom the new is tried, , Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." RULE IV. — When the usage is divided as to any words and phrases, and when one of the...
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The Attaché: Or Sam Slick in England

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1856 - 370 pages
...conversation, therefore, be natural, and as to the fashion of your dress, take the good old rule— " ' Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.' In short, be Sam Slick." " Don't be afeerd, Minister," said Mr. Slick, " I have too much...
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The Christian reformer; or, Unitarian magazine and review [ed. by ..., Volume 13

Robert Aspland - 1857 - 802 pages
...manners, or modes of speech, the prudent maxim of the poet would be the safe and sufficient rale: fie not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But to apply this rule of good taste to religions convictions would be to compromise the...
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Sam Slick in England; or, The attaché, by the author of 'The clockmaker'.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1858 - 524 pages
...conversation therefore be natural, and as to the fashion of your dress take the good old rule — " ' Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.' In short, be Sam Slick." " Don't be afeerd, Minister," said Mr. Slick, " I have too much...
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