 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...  Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning - Page 40by Francis Bacon - 1851 - 341 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their...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... | |
 | Percy Strutt - Bible - 1877 - 480 pages
...unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books." And then he adds : " Fur the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter which is the contemplation cf thc creutures of GoJ, workoth according to the stuff, § 6. It has indeed been said (by Cardinal... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1878 - 560 pages
...time, did out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1880 - 702 pages
...last was the light of reason, and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the ereatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby. — Adv. of Learning, Bk.... | |
 | Frederick Binkerd Artz - History - 1968 - 180 pages
...or time, did out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit spun out to us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it works upon matter worketh according to the stuff, but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...effect as the work of the more popular of the logical positivists and semanticists of the 1930's: ' "For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter,...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... | |
 | Joseph Needham, Ling Wang - History - 1956 - 746 pages
...Time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their...of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider a Ie ratiocination not modified... | |
 | Alan Holland - History - 1985 - 364 pages
...observations of experience" - they have speculated in the absence of observation, which is always disastrous: For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter,...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 is it... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - England - 1988 - 330 pages
...or time, did out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their...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... | |
 | Brian Lawn - History - 1993 - 194 pages
.... who did out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their...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... | |
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