 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 forth...  The Methodist Quarterly Review - Page 341847Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. '- The same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...positions. 3. Contentious learning reigned chiefly amongst the schoolmen 38 The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. (b) See note (B) at the end. 4. Unprofitable curiosity... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 536 pages
...those which we account ancient (n) See note B. at the end, p. [iv.] ' (o) The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which ' is the contemplation...work upon itself, ' as the spider worketh his web, ihcn it is endless, and brings ' forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of •... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...his essays, has admirably stated this absurdity in metaphysical studies: " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; if it work upon itself, as the spider * See A. Chalmers's Bios;raph. 128 worketh his web, then it... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...his essays, has admirably stated this absurdity in metaphysical studiesr " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; if it work upon itself, as the spider * See A.Chalmers's Biograph. worketh hi.s web, then it is endless,... | |
 | 1829 - 592 pages
...us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 'The same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1826 - 548 pages
...those which we account ancient (n) See note B. at the end, p. [iv.J ' (o) The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which ' is the contemplation...work upon itself, ' as the spider worketh his web, ihen it is endless, and brings ' forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of '... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit 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 if it work upon itself, as the spider... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1829 - 550 pages
...Rennel," (Hunter, 1821), ascribed to a clergyman of the Irish church. •)• " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." Bacon,s Adv. of Learning. • Present Participle and... | |
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