 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
 | 1849 - 858 sider
...we again quote the words of Lord Bacon, " if it work upon nature, which 4s the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according .to the stuff,...is limited thereby — but if it work upon itself, then it is endless, and by all its labours bringeth forth nothing of substance or profit." And, least... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 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 subtility or curiosity is of two sorts : either in the subject itself that they... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1850 - 214 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." SECTION II. THE COMMON VIEW OF GEOMETRY. GEOMETERS have always felt embarrassed by their definitions... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 sider
...the schoolmen 170 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,...it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of framing, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 4. Unprofitable... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1850 - 214 sider
...apply here — " 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,...as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless." I think it clear that every thing which can come within the reach of geometry, must have extension... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 510 sider
...cells of monasteries and colleges, and who, knowing little history cither of nature or time, did spin cobwebs of learning admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." * He paid due homage to the gigantic intellect of the Dictator; but he ridiculed the unfruitfulness... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 504 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 no substance or profit."* He paid due homage to the gigantic intellect of the Dictator; but he ridiculed the unfruitfulness of... | |
 | 1852 - 718 sider
...Bacon, when he says : " The art 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." — (Advancement of Learning, p. 41.) It is no part of our design to enter into a disquisition as to... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 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. 5. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 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,...thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider 170 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. 171 worketh his web, then it is endless and brings forth ] indeed cobwebs... | |
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