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" 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 290
1821
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...Contentious learning reigned chiefly amongst the schoolmen 38 The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the jineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. (b) See note (B) at the end. 4. Unprofitable...
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Christian Ethics; Or, Moral Philosophy on the Principles of Divine Revelation

Ralph Wardlaw - Christian ethics - 1834 - 480 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...endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admi" rable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance " or profit."—Lord Bacon—Proficiency...
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Selections from the works of Taylor, Hooker, Barrow [and others] by B. Montagu

Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...frivolity, rouged like a harlot, and with the harlot's wanton leer. I know not how the annals of guilt could God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited...thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider be better forced into the service of virtue, than by such a comment on the present paragraph, as would...
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An Historical Sketch of the Origin of English Prose Literature, and of Its ...

William Gray - English prose literature - 1835 - 120 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 " the fleshly-minded hypocrites had lost their juggling terms, wherewith...
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Christian Ethics: Or, Moral Philosophy on the Principles of Divine Revelation

Ralph Wardlaw - Christian ethics - 1835 - 380 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." — Lord Bacon — Proficiency and Advancement of...
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Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Works

Thomas Martin - Great Britain - 1835 - 388 pages
...LIFE AND WORKS. 115 mind of man,' he adds, ' if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff,...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.' Another error, he says, is an impatience of doubt,...
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An Historical Sketch of the Origin of English Prose Literature, and of Its ...

William Gray - English literature - 1835 - 124 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...it 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 thread...
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Christian Ethics: Or, Moral Philosophy on the Principles of Divine Revelation

Ralph Wardlaw - Christian ethics - 1835 - 392 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 of God, worketh according to the stuft', and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it...
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Biblical Repository and Quarterly Observer

Religion - 1837 - 1068 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...worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth VOL. IX. No. 26. 51 indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 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. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of...
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