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... The Retrospective Review - Page 2901821Full view - About this book
| Francis Bacon - Logic - 1825 - 432 pages
...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...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
...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...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance OT profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1826 - 536 pages
...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 of the creatures...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 - 524 pages
...admirably stated this absurdity in metaphysical studiesr " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...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,... | |
| Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...admirably stated this absurdity in metaphysical studies: " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...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... | |
| Education - 1829 - 592 pages
...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...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 - 1826 - 626 pages
...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...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1826 - 548 pages
...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 of the creatures...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 '... | |
| John Horne Tooke - 1829 - 550 pages
...1821), ascribed to a clergyman of the Irish church. •)• " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...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... | |
| Theology - 1832 - 698 pages
...upon matter, which a the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the staff, and ii limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, th« it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for ike lhre*i and work,... | |
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