 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
 | William Sharp - 1853 - 286 sider
...ignorance. " 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,...worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of the thread, and work, but of no substance or profit."*... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 sider
...and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, workcth according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 sider
...and mind of man, if it wort upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worked! according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but...if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his wet., then it is end. less and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for L. cf .l,r«n.!... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 384 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,...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the thread and work, but of no substance and profit."—Advancement of Learning,, vol. ii. p. 428. Yet,... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 376 sider
...For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures yof God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the thread and work, but of no substance and profit." — -Advancement of Learning, vol. ii. p. 428. Yet,... | |
 | William Sharp - 1856 - 384 sider
...ignorance. " 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,...worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of the thread and work, but of no substance or profit."... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1856 - 472 sider
...cells of a few authors, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." . There are two methods of philosophizing in general, that of the Materialists and the Spiritualists,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1856 - 432 sider
...cells of a few authors, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." There are two methods of philosophizing in general, that of the Materialists and the Spiritualists;... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - 1857 - 374 sider
...— " The wit and mind of man," says he, " 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." Or, yet more, of those intricate and ingenious calculations, "quaint opinions wide," formerly made... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1860 - 812 sider
...Sept. 29, 1829. 1 " 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,...admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of uo substance or profit." — Bacon's Adv. of Learning. EIIEA HTEPOENTA, PAET I. TO THE UNIVERSITY OE... | |
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