 For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings...  Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Works - Side 107af Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1860 - 1172 sider
...the theologian being the Scriptures) — " worketh according to the stuff, and is limited therebj; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless and bringeth forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread anc1 work, but of no... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1844 - 214 sider
...concealed love feeds on the cheek, is a fact in fancy. So in Bacon, — "But if it (the rniud of man) work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then...forth indeed cobwebs of learning admirable for the firmness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." That the spider makes a web is a fact... | |
 | 1837 - 548 sider
...their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it w6rk upon itself as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth VOL. IX. No. 26.... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 sider
...PHILOSOPHIZING AND THEORIZING. THE wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. LOGICAL AND MATHEMATICAL PARTS OF MIND. THE logical part of men's minds is often good ; but the matheiervice... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 sider
...their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff,...if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his weh, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 sider
...their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they... | |
 | Robert Mushet - 1847 - 524 sider
...discoverable in this very simplicity. It is the systems and theories of men which arc complex and intricate, " admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit," as says Lord Bacon ; it is the fine-spun web of human speculation, which entangles truth in its meshes... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 548 sider
...cells of monasteries and colleges, and who knowing little history either of nature or time, did spin cobwebs of learning admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of * We owe this and the most authentic anecdotes respecting his early years to Rawley. " (He autem tanta... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 sider
...work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creature* of God, worketh according to the stujf, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 4. Unprofitable curiosity is of two sorts 171 1. Fruitless speculation. 2. Erroneous modes of investigation.... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 sider
...If the wit and mind of man work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, it worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby...as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, bringing * " To him there is nothing worth pursuit but that which he can handle, — which he can measure... | |
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